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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2011
Grzegorz Marian Kawiecki, Madrid, ES;
Rosa Maria Rodriguez, Madrid, ES;
Pawel Kudela, Pruszcz Gdansk, PL;
Wieslaw Ostachowicz, Gdansk, PL;
Grzegorz Marian Kawiecki, Madrid, ES;
Rosa Maria Rodriguez, Madrid, ES;
Pawel Kudela, Pruszcz Gdansk, PL;
Wieslaw Ostachowicz, Gdansk, PL;
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a structural health monitoring system, for example a system used in the non-destructive evaluation of an aircraft structure. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for evaluating one or more anomalies within a structure using a structural health monitoring system that includes at least three transducers arranged in operative contact with the structure such that no two transducers are aligned to be parallel. A transducer excites an elastic wave that propagates through the structure, and reflections from any anomalies within the structure are collected by the three transducers. These collected signals are analyzed to identify an anomaly within the structure. Time of flight techniques are used to determine the location of the anomaly.
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