Ships and Boats and Strains

Synopsis: Examines silica, a non-metallic and amorphous material, and its use in optical fibres. Also explores a novel method of regularly varying the refractive index in a section of an optical fibre to produce a diffraction grating that acts as an optical strain gauge, and the potential application of sets of such gauges in ‘smart structures’.
Series: Materials: Engineering and Science, Course T203
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1999
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Engineering; Technology
Keywords: optical fibre; silica

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