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Electrical Wiring Fatigue Monitoring System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: F33615-02-M-2251
Agency Tracking Number: 021PR-0240
Amount: $99,998.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2851 Commerce Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060
United States
DUNS: 627132913
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Thomas Wavering
 Principal Investigator
 (434) 972-9951
 waveringt@lunainnovations.com
Business Contact
 Garnett Linkous
Title: Chief Admin. Officer
Phone: (540) 953-4274
Email: linkousg@lunainnovations.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

"Electrical wiring fatigue is a critical problem for aerospace and civilian infrastructure applications. As summarized in the Review of Federal Programs for Wire System Safety, "The aging of a wire system can result in loss of critical functions inequipment powered by the system or in loss of critical information regarding the operation of certain parts of the equipment. Either result can jeopardize public health and safety and lead to catastrophic equipment failure or to smoke and fire." For thisprogram, Luna Innovations proposes to develop a highly multiplexed wiring fatigue monitoring system utilizing optical fiber sensing technology and magnetostrictive films. Luna has previously demonstrated sensing technology to monitor thousands of pointsof strains across a structure. By combing these sensors with magnetostrictive films, they will function as electromagnetic field sensors. As the insulation around the wiring degrades, the resultant electromagnetic field will induce a strain in themagnetostrictive film which is then measured by the optical fiber sensor. 1000's of these sensors along the wire length will provide the location and state of wire degradation. Luna has a history of bringing research from the laboratory to fullcommercial products and will use this experience to commercialize this revolutionary technology. The proposed monitoring technology has immediate use for measurement of current and electromagnetic fields i

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