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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
May. 09, 2006
Charles Scott Sealing, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Charles Scott Sealing, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A system to monitor the health of the structure, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system can include multiple health monitoring sensor nodes positioned to monitor parameters of a portion of the body of the structure. Sensor elements of the sensor nodes are spatially positioned along the body of structure at related or complementary locations to form a special correlative relationship between sensor nodes. The system can also include a data collector having a transceiver positioned to gather sensed parameter data from each of the sensor nodes, and a central computer including in memory, parameter process program product adapted to analyze the sensed parameter data, correlate the sensed parameter data to infer a state of health of the structure responsive to the correlation, and to detect or otherwise determine a type, severity, and/or location of damage to or incipient failure of the structure.