Luna’s exclusive shape sensing technology can track the position (location) of an optical fiber along its entire length. This “smart fiber” is minimally intrusive, virtually weightless, and can be used to monitor the dynamic 3D shape of a structure to which it conforms. It can also be embedded or attached to a surface to monitor the dynamic 3D shape independent of temperature or load from the environment.
Unique Benefits of Our Approach
- High-resolution shape measurements in real time
- Measures the shape of a <200 micron diameter optical fiber sensor at every point along the sensor
- Highly accurate measurements of twist and bend at every point along the sensor
- Measurements of highly complex shapes
Demonstration Video
Real-Time Shape and Position Sensing
Fiber-optic based distributed sensing
- Long distance shape sensing
- Distributed strain and thermal sensing
Fiber-optic based extreme environment
- Extreme temperature thermal and pressure sensors
- Radiation hardened sensors
- High rate thermal and heat flux sensors
Optical stand-off
- Remote, non-contact structural health and chem-bio detection
Electrical based sensing elements
- Environment assisted cracking for immersion and atmospheric applications
- Measurement system for immersion applications
- Measurement system for atomospheric applications
- Galvanic corrosion
- Intergranular and pitting corrosion
- Alloy sensitization
- Organic coating performance
- Large strain and displacement
- Fluid particulate detection
Testimonials and Related Documents
Press releases related to Luna’s shape sensing technology include: Luna Awarded Shape Sensing in Underwater Arrays
- Read about how Luna’s shape sensing technology uses the CUDA platform:Â http://www.nvidia.com/content/cuda/spotlights/patrick-roye-luna.html
