Method of inspecting structure and inspection system

    公开(公告)号:US11131651B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US16427389

    申请日:2019-05-31

    Abstract: In a method of inspecting a structure, a first ultrasonic signal generated from a target structure by a first laser beam is received. The first ultrasonic signal is generated by providing the first laser beam generated from a first excitation unit to the target structure. A second ultrasonic signal generated from the target structure by a second laser beam different from the first laser beam is received. The second ultrasonic signal is generated by providing the second laser beam generated from a second excitation unit to the target structure. A third ultrasonic signal generated from the target structure by the first and second laser beams is received. The third ultrasonic signal is generated by simultaneously providing the first and second laser beams to the target structure. It is determined whether the target structure is damaged based on first, second and third ultrasonic frequency spectra that are obtained by converting the first, second and third ultrasonic signals, respectively.

    Method of estimating displacement of a bridge and an electronic device to estimate displacement of a bridge

    公开(公告)号:US12209935B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US17908410

    申请日:2021-06-03

    Abstract: In a method of estimating displacement of a bridge, a first displacement including a low frequency component and a first high frequency component is generated based on a strain that is measured by a plurality of pairs of strain gauges installed at positions in a first direction from a reference point, in a bridge, a second displacement including a second high frequency component is generated based on an acceleration that is measured by an accelerometer installed at a first position spaced apart from the reference point by a first distance in the first direction, in the bridge, and a final displacement of the bridge is generated based on an unknown parameter associated with the displacement, the low frequency component and the second high frequency component. The unknown parameter is generated by applying a recursive least square algorithm to the first high frequency component and the second high frequency component.

    METHOD OF ESTIMATING ABSOLUTE STRAIN OF STRUCTURE REFERENCE-FREE USING ULTRASONIC WAVE VELOCITY, AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240175779A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18508651

    申请日:2023-11-14

    CPC classification number: G01M7/025

    Abstract: Disclosed are method and system of estimating an absolute strain of a structure under tensile force in a reference-free manner using ultrasonic wave velocity. Ultrasonic vibrations are generated by a vibration exciting element attached to the structure, and first and second ultrasonic vibrations propagating in a tensile force direction and a direction orthogonal to the tensile force direction in the structure are detected using first and second vibration detection elements, respectively. The detected first and second ultrasonic vibration signals are converted into first and second digital signals. Then, a computing unit calculates propagation velocities of the first and second ultrasonic vibrations, and applies them to an equation of relationship between propagation velocities of ultrasonic vibrations and a strain of the structure to obtain an absolute strain of the structure in the x-direction due to the tensile force. The calculated absolute strain can be used to evaluate stability of the structure.

    Method of performing visualized measurement on thickness distribution of paint film and apparatus therefor

    公开(公告)号:US11371839B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16307640

    申请日:2018-11-02

    Abstract: A method of performing visualized measurement on thickness distribution of a paint film and an apparatus therefor. A measurement target region is heated by a heating unit that applies a light beam while moving relative to the measurement target region of a measurement target structure. A sensing unit moving together with the heating unit generates a plurality of thermal images related to a phenomenon in which thermal energy is propagated in the measurement target region by scanning and photographing the heated measurement target region. The thermal images in a dynamic state are converted into time-spatial-integrated thermal images in a static state by performing coordinate transformation according to a time-spatial-integrated coordinate transformation algorithm. A thickness of the paint film is calculated by using a Fourier thermal conduction equation. A noise caused by an external heat source is removed by subtracting a pre-heating time-spatial-integrated thermal image from the converted time-spatial-integrated thermal image.

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