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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Newport, RI (US);
Anthony A Ruffa, Hope Valley, RI (US);
Brian K Amaral, Newport, RI (US);
Abstract
A non-invasive tension measuring system is provided with at least one pair of sensors positioned longitudinally and at a predetermined distance from each other along a linear system. At least one operationally connected processor executes instructions to detect, using the sensors, a transverse wave propagating along the linear system in order to determine a time delay of the transverse wave, to determine a propagation speed of the transverse wave based on the time delay, and to determine a tension of the unit length of the linear system based at least in part on the propagation speed and a mass per the unit length of the linear system.