Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Rail Stress Monitoring using BOTDA Fibre Optics Sensing
Agreement Number:
925182
Agreement Value:
$12,500.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 15, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
"Better stress management will reduce incidences of broken rail (#1 cause of rail accidents in Canada). Fibre optic sensing is a game changing solution to study rail stress behavior in-situ. This project proposes to deploy this technology at a rail site to test its suitability and gather critical data".
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators.
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1N 6N5
Reference Number:
172-2018-2019-Q4-00052
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
119278877
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Operating Name:
University of Ottawa
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of Ottawa
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa--Vanier
Federal Riding Number:
35078
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Program Purpose:
The Ideation Fund is intended to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by teams of NRC scientific personnel and external collaborators with complementary capabilities, acting as a demonstration phase for a continually-evolving suite of research and development (R&D) deliverables at the NRC. The fund supports exploratory research through two mechanisms: the New Beginnings Initiative and the Small Teams Initiative.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences