Fiber-Optic Oblate Flextensional Hydrophone

David A. Brown; Steven L. Garrett; Donald A. Danielson

doi:10.1117/12.963038

13 February 1990 Fiber-Optic Oblate Flextensional Hydrophone

David A. Brown, Steven L. Garrett, Donald A. Danielson

Proceedings Volume 1169, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors VII; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963038
Event: OE/FIBERS '89, 1989, Boston, United States

Abstract

When an oblate spheroidal shell having an aspect ratio aib > (2-v)112, where v Poisson's ratio, is subject to hydrostatic compression, the semi-major, a, and semi-minor, b, axes experience strain of opposite sign. If two optical fibers, which comprise the arms of an interferometer, are wound around the equatorial and meridional circumferences of the spheroid, pressure changes induce a differential optical phase shift in the interferometer. Calculations of circumferential strain, polar and equatorial displacement, lowest natural frequency, buckling pressure, and optical pressure sensitivity of such a sensor are presented for thin shells. Sample designs based on these calculations are compared to other fiber-optic hydrophones of similar dimensions and materials. Preliminary designs will be presented.

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David A. Brown, Steven L. Garrett, and Donald A. Danielson "Fiber-Optic Oblate Flextensional Hydrophone", Proc. SPIE 1169, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors VII, (13 February 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963038

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