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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jason Lee Burnside, Greenville, SC (US);
Gregory Lee Hovis, Martinez, GA (US);
Bryan J. Germann, Greenville, SC (US);
John David Ward, Jr., Woodruff, SC (US);
William F. Ranson, Columbia, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring component deformation are provided. The component has an exterior surface. A method includes directly measuring a passive strain indicator configured on the exterior surface of the component along an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis to obtain X-axis data points, Y-axis data points, and Z-axis data points. The X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis are mutually orthogonal. The method further includes assembling a three-dimensional profile of the passive strain indicator based on the X-axis data points, Y-axis data points and Z-axis data points.