Availability of reliable flight sensor data and knowledge of the structural behaviour are essential for safe operation of the Ariane launcher. The Ariane launcher is currently monitored by hundreds of electric sensors during test and qualification. Fibre optic sensors are regarded as a potential technique to overcome limitations of recent monitoring systems for the Ariane launcher [1]. These limitations include cumbersome application of sensors and harness as well as a very limited degree of distributed sensing capability. But, in order to exploit the various advantages of fibre optic sensors (high degree of multiplexing, distributed sensing capability, lower mass impact, etc.) dedicated measurement systems have to be developed and investigated. State-of-the-art fibre optic measurement systems often use free beam setups making them bulky and sensitive to vibration impact. Therefore a new measurement system is developed as part of the ESAstudy [2].


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    A versatile fibre optic sensor interrogation system for the Ariane Launcher based on an electro-optically tuneable laser diode


    Contributors:
    Plattner, M. P. (author) / Hirth, F. (author) / Müller, M. S. (author) / Hoffmann, L. (author) / Buck, T. C. (author) / Koch, A. W. (author)

    Conference:

    International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2008 ; 2008 ; Toulouse,France


    Published in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 10566


    Publication date :

    2017-11-21





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Ariane: Europe's satellite launcher

    Dance, B. | Tema Archive | 1979



    Ariane Launcher and Its Progress

    R. Vignelles / P. Rasse | NTIS | 1978


    ARIANE Launcher Real-Time Operational Planning

    Jouglet, P. / Society of Logistics Engineers / AIAA | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993


    Composite materials on Ariane 5 launcher

    Prel, Y. | Tema Archive | 1999