Fiber Optic Sensor Array for Monitoring of Slamming Flexible Plates
Abstract
Fiber Optic Sensor Array for Monitoring of Slamming Flexible Plates. The goal of the proposed work is to gain a detailed understanding of the controlled highspeed impact of flexible plates on a quiescent water surface through the measurement of the plate strain field and the pressure distribution on the wet surface of the plate using a fiber optic sensor array system. In this work, we will develop miniature pressure sensors and strain sensors (present proposed grant), integrate these sensors with a flexible plate (present proposed grant), and carry out the plate-water interaction measurements with these sensors and other measurement systems (present proposed grant and grant on fluid structure interaction proposed to the Office of Naval Research, Program Manager: Dr. S. Russell). The measurements will be performed in an existing ONR-funded high-speed towing tank and use a plate model (typically 1.8 m long) attached to a two-axis carriage system with horizontal and vertical speeds up to 10 m/s and 2.5 m/s, respectively. The measurement results will be used to explore the physics of the fluid-structure interaction and for co-operative research with investigators who are developing computer codes to predict this interaction.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Nov 23, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141612748
Entities
People
- Miao Yu
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Maryland