Baker Hughes Corporation

Matthew Thomas Raum

Brooks A Childers

Paul Francis Wysocki

Ian Bradford Mitchell

Roger Glen Duncan

Christopher H Lambert

A method of measuring acoustic energy impinging upon a cable includes, interrogating at least one optical fiber of the cable with electromagnetic energy, the at least one optical fiber is nonconcentrically surrounded by and strain locked to a sheath of the cable, monitoring electromagnetic energy returned in the at least one optical fiber, and determining acoustic energy impinging on the cable.

Method of measuring acoustic energy impinging upon a cable

Disclosed herein is a method for sensing one or more selected parameters related to a structure of interest, for example, the shape of an isolated structure. A cable is attached to the structure of interest at one or more attachment points. The cable contains one or more optical fibers. One or more light signals are transmitted into the one or more optical fibers and then detected to form a data set. The data set is compared with information known about the one or more attachment points to determine error values. The error values are then combined with the data set to determine the selected parameters associated with the structure.

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Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

Matthew Thomas Raum