Article: California Inventors Develop Structural Health Monitoring Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 13 -- Xinlin Qing of Cupertino, Calif., Chang Zhang of Santa Clara, Calif., and Irene Li of Stanford, Calif., have developed a structure load change analysis method.

According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for both detecting and analyzing a change in the loading condition of a structure. A flexible substrate is employed, in which a distributed network of sensors is built. This substrate is either affixed to the surface of the structure, or built within it, so as to be able to detect propagating stress waves. After load change is detected, the resulting sensor signals are analyzed to determine the location, severity, ...

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