NASA's Fiber Optics for Shape Sensing

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NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center is offering companies that provide sensing solutions for monitoring of structures and asset management of storage tanks a unique opportunity to expand their product line to include unprecedented capabilities. Known as FOSS (for fiber optic sensing system), NASA's patented, award-winning technology portfolio combines advanced sensors and innovative algorithms into a robust package that accurately and cost-effectively monitors a host of critical parameters in real time. These include position/deformation (displacement, twist, rotation), stiffness (bending, torsion, vibration), operational loads (bending moments, shear loads, torques), strength/stress (pressure/fatigue, breakage prediction), and magnetic fields (cracks or other flaws in safety-critical metal structures) for structural health monitoring applications. In addition to monitoring the structure of a tank, FOSS is capable of sensing the tank's inventory, including amounts, temperatures, and stratification (oil vs. water, sediment vs. liquid, thermal layers).

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market this technology. For more information, please visit: http://technology.nasa.gov

More information on this specific technology can be found at https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/DRC-TOPS-37
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