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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2004
Brent A. Morin, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Grant A. Gordon, Peoria, AZ (US);
Joseph J. Nutaro, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven R. Thompson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brent A. Morin, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Grant A. Gordon, Peoria, AZ (US);
Joseph J. Nutaro, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven R. Thompson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for determining damage in a structural health monitoring system comprising a plurality of sensors distributed across a structure is disclosed. The method includes decomposing the plurality of sensors into a plurality of sub-arrays. Each sub-array is associated with a current sensor. For each sub-array, data is collected, the data corresponding to electrical signals produced by waves initiated by the current sensor and detected by a receiving sensor. The data is used to calculate a damage measurement for the sub-array. Then, the damage measurement determined for each sub-array is combined to determining an overall damage assessment from the combined damage measurements.