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Patent No.:

US 9316620 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2010
Applicants:

Zhihai Xiang, Beijing, CN;

Qiuhai LU, Beijing, CN;

Xiaowei Dai, Beijing, CN;

Yao Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Zhihai Xiang, Beijing, CN;

Qiuhai Lu, Beijing, CN;

Xiaowei Dai, Beijing, CN;

Yao Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

Tsinghua University, Beijing, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/30 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 29/34 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/045 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G01N 29/348 (2013.01); G01N 29/4409 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a structural damage detection method for detecting damage of a structure. The method comprises scanning the surface of the structure with a tapper tapping with a tapping force at a predetermined frequency band while scanning; measuring the response signals transmitted from the surface of the structure; transforming the measured signals to acquire the signal spectrum at each position of the structure surface; intercepting from the signal spectrum a spectrum envelope; calculating a damage indicator at each position of the structure surface; and determining a position where the damage indicator changes abruptly as a position of structural damage. The present invention further relates to a structural damage detection system utilizing the structural damage detection method and a structural damage detection device for use therein.


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