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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Applicants:
Paul F. Wysocki, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Ian Mitchell, Radford, VA (US);
Matthew Thomas Raum, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Paul F. Wysocki, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Ian Mitchell, Radford, VA (US);
Matthew Thomas Raum, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/2418 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.