Fiber Optic Hydrophone Design Model Improvement

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Navigation Systems Division Engineering, 2003-04

Liaison(s): Michael Tweedy
Advisor(s): Philip Cha
Students(s): Ken Dye (PM), Ryan Carpenter, Joseph Kim, Shane Ouchi

Prototypes for future fiber optic hydrophone models are designed based on an analytical model of a thick-walled cylinder. Northrop Grumman’s current model, however, produces design characteristics inappropriate to the constraints on new designs, necessitating several prototype iterations. Several model adaptations have been implemented by the Clinic team and updated analytical results have been verified by empirical and numerical analyses.