Researchers from MIT have teamed up with scientists from Columbia University developed an algorithm that could predict how a cable is curled when he is settled. The gained knowledge can be useful in the roll-out of fiber-optic cables in deep water.
In a research lab were cables on a conveyor belt rolled, with patterns by a desktop system were analyzed. Moreover, the speed of the roll and the conveyor belt slowed down and accelerated. There was also a stationary surface.
On the basis of the collected information is code used to create human hair in cartoons to simulate modified, writes the MIT. Moreover, the discovered patterns are converted into mathematical formulas and in the ‘haaralgoritme included. Initially it seemed that the simulations are not conclusive, but the researchers added a parameter where the ‘natural curl’ of a cable is described. Then could the algorithm, predict how a cable would curl if this is settled.
The researchers think that their findings may be useful for, for example, the roll-out of fiber-optic cables in the ocean by ships. If the cable is slowly being rolled out, there is a wave pattern with the potential for interference. Also there is too much cable on the ocean floor laid. At a high speed, however, arises the danger of breakage. The developed algorithm of the MIT would be the ideal speed can calculate to a fiber optic cable as efficiently as possible to roll out.
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