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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, S. Glastonbury, CT (US);
Fanping Sun, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Avinash Sarlashkar, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/16 (2006.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/11 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/16 (2013.01); G01M 5/0025 (2013.01); G01N 29/11 (2013.01); G01N 29/245 (2013.01); G01N 29/2475 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02827 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2694 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to obtaining at least one sample of load or load path data from at least one piezoelectric sensor associated with a structure, comparing the at least one sample of data to at least one prior sample of data obtained from the at least one sensor, and providing a status of a health of the structure based on the comparison.