Resistance against external aggression for central tube submarine optical fiber cable

Author

Hong-Xia Wang ; Hong-liang Liu ; Ying-jian Wang

Author_Institution

Electron. Coll. of Eng., Naval Univ. of Eng., Wuhan, China

Volume

3

fYear

2011

fDate

8-9 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

178

Abstract

The central tube submarine optical fiber cables (SOFC) with double armors are recommended to lay in shallow water. However, they are often damaged by external aggression. The finite element method (FEM) models of two cable types, which are double-armored cable and single armored cable with two inner armors, are proposed in this paper. Crush and snag resistance performance of the cables are compared and analyzed. The distortion and strain of cable´s tube core are simulated by the FEM model. Simulation results verified that the performance of inner armored cable is better than that of double armored cable.

Keywords

finite element analysis; optical cables; submarine cables; FEM model; SOFC; central tube submarine optical fiber cable; crush resistance; double-armored cable; external aggression; finite element method; single armored cable; snag resistance; Cable shielding; Communication cables; Electron tubes; Finite element methods; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Steel; FEM model; crush resistance; distortion; snag; submarine optical fiber cables (SOFC);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering and Automation Conference (PEAM), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9691-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEAM.2011.6135070

Filename

6135070