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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2023
Applicant:
United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Joshua T. Larimer, McMurray, PA (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/20 (2006.01); G01N 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/20 (2013.01); G01N 27/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for crack measurement, including the steps of placing a plurality of sense leads on a surface of an object, passing a current through the object, sensing a change in electric potential in the interior of the object, and forming a crack profile of the interior of the object based on the sensed change in electric potential.