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US 11,454,490 B2Granted
Strain sensor placement
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLouis Lefebvre, Chinedu Francis Dibia
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Abstract
A method for measuring strain of a component includes determining a preferred placement for a strain sensor on the component, and a preferred feature dimension and orientation for the strain sensor at the preferred placement on the component; and printing the strain sensor at the preferred placement on the component with the preferred feature dimension and orientation.
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A method for measuring strain of a component, the method comprising:
- determining, by modeling the component, a preferred placement for a strain sensor on the component, and a preferred feature dimension and orientation for the strain sensor at the preferred placement on the component;
- and
- printing the strain sensor at the preferred placement on the component with the preferred feature dimension and orientation,
- wherein modeling the component includes modeling a plurality of scenarios varying a simulated placement of the strain sensor, a simulated size of the strain sensor, and a simulated orientation of the strain sensor to determine the preferred placement for the strain sensor, the preferred feature dimension for the strain sensor, and the preferred orientation for the strain sensor.
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A system for measuring strain of a component, the system comprising:
- a printer comprising an atomizer and a print heat fluidly connected to the atomizer for receiving an aerosol ink from the atomizer;
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- a control system operable with the printer, the control system comprising one or more processors and memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
- determine, by modeling the component, a preferred placement for a strain sensor on the component, and a preferred feature dimension and orientation for the strain sensor at the preferred placement on the component;
- and
- print the strain sensor at the preferred placement on the component with the preferred feature dimension and in the preferred orientation,
- wherein modeling the component includes modeling a plurality of scenarios varying a simulated placement of the strain sensor, a simulated size of the strain sensor, and a simulated orientation of the strain sensor to determine the preferred placement for the strain sensor, the preferred feature dimension for the strain sensor, and the preferred orientation for the strain sensor.
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