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2020-01-16 17:30
Development of Optical Transmission Line for Aircraft Flight Control Takeshiro Nagai, Kengo Tanabe, Tomotaka Murase, Kouzou Kiyotake, Tohru Takahashi (SWCC), Koichi Yamamoto, Satoru Kato, Hiroyuki Ohta (KHI) OFT2019-51 |
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As flight control technology progresses, a significant focus is on the development of optical data bus systems resistant to electromagnetic interference and capable of multiplexing with a large number of devices. Optical fibers are used for the transmission lines of flight control devices, and optical coupler units branch the transmission line. We developed a low-nonlinearity optical fiber with a high numerical aperture and a large core diameter for the main bus, and an optical cord which can withstand the aerospace environment. We also designed an asymmetric fused fiber coupler which can endure shock acceleration up to 8000G, and be stored in an aluminum alloy hard chassis as a coupler unit. The optical cord and coupler unit are designed to achieve a mean time between failure of over 200,000 hours in aerospace environments. Flight test evaluations on actual aircraft showed good results with a total flight time of approximately 1,290 hours. |
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FBL / optical data bus system / asymmetric fused fiber coupler / aircraft / / / / |
Reference Info. |
IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 119, no. 368, OFT2019-51, pp. 25-28, Jan. 2020. |
Paper # |
OFT2019-51 |
Date of Issue |
2020-01-09 (OFT) |
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Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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