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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2020
Applicant:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
Victor Giurgiutiu, Columbia, SC (US);
Robin James, Columbia, SC (US);
Hanfei Mei, Columbia, SC (US);
Mohammad Faisal Haider, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/041 (2013.01); G01N 29/075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Detection, identification, and monitoring of various composite-damage types such as impact damage, delaminations, etc. using angle-beam coupled guided waves and methods and systems that permit excitation with angle-beam techniques of certain composite-material guided-wave modes that cannot be excited in isotropic metals with angle-beam methods.