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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Gerald J. Bruck, Oviedo, FL (US);
Ahmed Kamel, Orlando, FL (US);
Dhafer Jouini, Orlando, FL (US);
Daniel J. Ryan, Oviedo, FL (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/00 (2006.01); G01B 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 15/06 (2013.01); G01N 23/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, including: detecting in a nondestructive manner a marker () that is fully submerged in a substrate () to obtain spatial information about the marker; detecting in a nondestructive manner the marker after a period of time to obtain a change in the spatial information; and using the change in the spatial information to determine a change in a dimension () of the substrate. The method may be used to measure creep in a gas turbine engine component.