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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Dennis Edward Dria, Houston, TX (US);
Frederick Henry Kreisler Rambow, Houston, TX (US);
Michelle Yvonne Shuck, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Edward Dria, Houston, TX (US);
Frederick Henry Kreisler Rambow, Houston, TX (US);
Michelle Yvonne Shuck, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A string of interconnected strain sensors applied to a cylindrical object for monitoring deformation of the object. The string of interconnected strain sensors is applied in a selected zig-zag pattern. A possibility is to drape a pliable support structure around the object, to which the the string of strain sensors has been mechanically coupled in the selected zig-zag pattern.