1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Abbreviations and acronyms
5 Conventions
6 General comments on
reliability
7 Optical reliability
7.1 Bending loss
7.2 Hydrogen
7.3 Impact of nuclear
radiation
7.4 Attenuation
stability
8 Mechanical reliability
8.1 General comments
on mechanical strength of optical fibres
8.2 Power law theory
8.3 The time to
failure or fibre lifetime is often the parameter of interest.
8.4 Static and dynamic
stress corrosion parameter and impact on reliability
8.5 Relationship
between proof stress and proof-testing on reliability
8.6 Handleability of
optical fibre
8.7 Test proceedures
that measure aspects of mechanical reliability
9 Strain due to bends
tension, to axial tension or a combination of the two mechanisms
10 Impact of cable properties
on reliability
10.1 Fibre strain and
cable strain
10.2 Installation load
vs. long term load
Appendix I - Lifetime
expectation in case of small radius bending of single-mode fibre
I.1 Introduction
I.2 General
aspects of failure characteristics under small radius bending
I.3 Network
and network failure examples
I.4 Fibre
lifetime considerations
I.5 Conclusion
Appendix II - Long term
reliability of deployed optical fibre cables
II.1 Introduction
II.2 Factors having an
impact on the objectives for the reliability of deployed optical cables
II.3 Example of
objectives for the reliability of laid optical cables
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