Fatigue monitoring systems and methods incorporating neural networks
AssigneeBritish Aerospace Public Limited Company
InventorTerence Prendergast
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Abstract
A fatigue monitoring system and method is disclosed in which a stream of data relating to the stresses experienced at a plurality of locations over the structure during operation is applied to a neural network trained to remove data stream values deemed to be in error. The data from the neural network is then processed to determine the fatigue life.
Claims7
A fatigue monitoring system for monitoring the structural health of a structure, said system including means for generating a stream of data related to the stresses experienced at a plurality of locations over said structure during operation, means for supplying said stream of data to a neural network trained to remove from the data stream values deemed to be in error, and means for thereafter processing said data to determine the fatigue life of the structure.
A fatigue monitoring method comprises providing a stream of data related to the stresses experienced at a plurality of locations over the structure during operation, supplying said stream of data to a neural network trained to remove from the data stream values- deemed to be in error, and thereafter determining the fatigue life of the structure from the data passed by said neural network.
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