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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Luke John Ammann, Greenville, SC (US);
Liming Xu, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Wassynger, Greenville, SC (US);
Richard Pilson, Greer, SC (US);
Luke John Ammann, Greenville, SC (US);
Liming Xu, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Wassynger, Greenville, SC (US);
Richard Pilson, Greer, SC (US);
Genral Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present application can provide systems and methods for mode shape identification of turbine buckets. According to one embodiment, a system can be provided. The system can include a turbine bucket having numerous trigger patterns disposed at a distal end of the turbine bucket. A sensor is disposed adjacent to the distal end of the turbine bucket for detecting the trigger patterns. The trigger patterns are patterned to identify at least one mode shape of the turbine bucket.