Method for Structural Health Monitoring Using a Smart Sensor System

The structural health monitoring method of the present invention utilizes a sensor system to determine information about deformation, stress and/or damage in structural elements. The sensor system and the method employ at least one sensor which comprises a material having fully-reversible nonlinear elasticity. The method comprises associating at least one sensor including a material having fully-reversible nonlinear elasticity with a structural element in a manner whereby stress is transferred from said structural element to said sensor, propagating ultrasound through a portion of the sensor, receiving the ultrasound which has been propagated through at least a portion of the sensor and determining information about the structural element from attenuation and/or time of flight of said received ultrasound.

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Patents:
US 20,090,055,106

Inventor(s): FINKEL PETER [US]; BARSOUM MICHEL W [US]; BASU SANDIP [US]; ZHOU AIGUO [US]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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