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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
Michael J. Telfer, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael A. Coe, El Cajon, CA (US);
Brent A. Cottom, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey R. Price, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael J. Telfer, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael A. Coe, El Cajon, CA (US);
Brent A. Cottom, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey R. Price, San Diego, CA (US);
Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of measuring creep strain in a gas turbine engine component, where at least a portion of the component has a material disposed thereon, and where the material has a plurality of markings providing a visually distinct pattern. The method may include capturing an image of at least a portion of the markings after an operational period of the gas turbine engine, and determining creep strain information of the component. The creep strain information may be determined by correlating the image captured after the operational period to an image captured before the operational period.