A monitoring system is disclosed herein that is configured to utilize a distributed sensing system to monitor both a cable and cable accessories included within a cable circuit. In various embodiments, the monitoring system may include a distributed sensing system and one or more cable accessory wrap assemblies. The distributed sensing system may include a distributed sensing fiber following (or integrated into) the cable and connected to a cable accessory wrap assembly for each of the one or more cable accessories in-line with cable. In various embodiments, each cable accessory wrap assembly may comprise a cable wrap embedded with a distributed sensing fiber. The distributing sensing fiber of a cable accessory wrap assembly may be configured to provide measurements to distributed sensing system indicating that an anomaly event occurred at a given cable accessory.

An apparatus for testing a flexible screen. The apparatus for testing a flexible screen includes a slide rail, a reel, a clamping module and a drive module. The reel is fixed to one end of the slide rail. The axial direction of the reel is perpendicular to the extension direction of the slide rail. The flexible screen includes a first end and a second end which are disposed opposite to each other. The reel is configured to fix the first end of the flexible screen and rotate to drive the flexible screen to fit to the reel and coil around the reel. The clamping module is configured to clamp the second end of the flexible screen. The reel is further configured to rotate to drive, through the flexible screen, the clamping module to slide along the slide rail towards the reel.

An apparatus for testing a flexible screen. The apparatus for testing a flexible screen includes a slide rail, a reel, a clamping module and a drive module. The reel is fixed to one end of the slide rail. The axial direction of the reel is perpendicular to the extension direction of the slide rail. The flexible screen includes a first end and a second end which are disposed opposite to each other. The reel is configured to fix the first end of the flexible screen and rotate to drive the flexible screen to fit to the reel and coil around the reel. The clamping module is configured to clamp the second end of the flexible screen. The reel is further configured to rotate to drive, through the flexible screen, the clamping module to slide along the slide rail towards the reel.

An optical fiber characteristics measuring apparatus includes: a light source that outputs frequency-modulated continuous wave of light; a first optical branching unit that branches the continuous light into pump light and reference light; a second optical branching unit that outputs backscattered light generated by making the pump light incident from one end of an optical fiber to be measured, wherein the backscattered light is Brillouin scattering in the optical fiber; a detector that detects interference light of the backscattered light and the reference light; a measuring unit that measures characteristics of the optical fiber by using a detection signal output from the detector; and a controller that controls the light source to change modulation frequency of the continuous light in units of one period or half a period of a modulation period corresponding to the modulation frequency.

A multi-phase submarine power cable including: a plurality of power cores arranged in a stranded configuration, and a curvature sensor including: an elastic elongated member, and a plurality of Fibre Bragg Grating, FBG, fibres, each FBG fibre extending axially along the elongated member at a radial distance from the centre of the elongated member; wherein the elongated member extends between the stranded power cores along a central axis of the multi-phase submarine power cable.

An optical test instrument, in combination with a removable connector cartridge is provided. A method of replacing a damaged or worn optic fiber interface is also provided. The optical test instrument has casing having a cartridge receiving cavity therein with an inner end provided with a test instrument optical port; and an outer end provided with a cartridge receiving opening. The connector cartridge is sized and configured to be inserted in the cartridge receiving cavity. The connector cartridge has a cartridge inner end for facing the test instrument optical port when in use, and a cartridge outer end for receiving an optic fiber from a device under test (DUT). The connector cartridge houses a fiber optic cable extending between the cartridge inner end and the cartridge outer end. The connector cartridge is removably connectable to the instrument casing to allow replacement of the connector cartridge when the cartridge outer end is worn or damaged.

A method, a computer program product, and a system for determining an optical parameter of an optical lens, as well as a related method for producing the optical lens by adjusting the optical parameter are disclosed. The method includes: a) capturing an image picturing the optical lens by using a camera; and b) determining an optical parameter of the optical lens by processing the image, wherein the camera generates a signal related to a position of a focus, and the optical parameter of the optical lens is determined by using the signal related to the position of focus.

The method and the system allow determining the optical parameter of the optical lens in a direct fashion by applying the signal related to the position of the focus as generated by the camera as a measured value for the optical parameter of the optical lens.

A stress measurement device includes a first obtaining unit obtaining thermal data including information indicating a temperature of a measuring region, a second obtaining unit obtaining data related to stress occurring in one part of the measuring region, and a controller finding stress occurring in the measuring region from the thermal data and the data related to the stress. The controller finds, first waveform data respectively on the one part and a part other than the one part based on a change with time of the thermal data, and second waveform data based on a change with time of the data related to the stress. The controller finds, disturbance data through a deduction of the second waveform data from the first waveform data on the one part, and stress data indicating stress occurring in the part through a deduction the disturbance data from the first waveform data on the part.

A wind tunnel for a motor vehicle, with a fan, a test section, through which an air stream generated by the fan can flow, a recording device for recording different motor vehicles within the test section, and a testing device for determining aerodynamic characteristics of the motor vehicle. The wind tunnel also includes an optical sensing device for sensing an outer contour of the motor vehicle recorded by the recording device, an evaluating unit and a linking unit. The evaluating unit determines a vehicle configuration from the outer contour of the motor vehicle sensed by the optical sensing device. The linking unit links the vehicle configuration of the motor vehicle determined by the evaluating unit with the test results determined by the testing device.

A system for monitoring of the resin front during resin infusion into a fiber preform for the manufacturing of composites. Such monitoring is based on Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry by emitting light pulses through optic fibers which forms a resin infusion mesh in a fiber preform.