Method and system for the determination of damage location

A structural health monitoring system comprising:

• a plurality of transducer elements arranged and disposed to measure vibration generated by at least one of the transducer elements at one or more of the other transducers elements, the measurement taken place over vibratory paths between the transducer element generating the vibration and the transducer element measuring the vibration;
• and
• a controller element in communication with the plurality of transducer elements, the controller element capable of analyzing data from the transducer elements and calculating two or more independent damage index values of different damage index types from a single data sequence for each vibratory path, and further generating two or more sets of damage images for the damage index values, each set consisting of two or more damage images for each damage index type, the damage image assigning damage index values to vibratory paths, the controller element further being capable of determining a damage location from the two or more sets of damage images by two or more location algorithms;
• where each independent damage index value of the two or more independent damage index values is created using different damage index algorithms on the single data sequence.

A vehicle having a structural health monitoring system, the vehicle comprising:

• a structural element;
• a plurality of transducer elements affixed to the structural element, the transducer elements being arranged and disposed to measure vibration generated by at least one of the transducer elements at one or more of the other transducers elements, the measurement taken place over vibratory paths between the transducer element generating the vibration and the transducer element measuring the vibration;
• and
• a controller element in communication with the plurality of transducer elements, the controller element capable of analyzing data from the transducer elements and calculating two or more independent damage index values of different damage index types from a single data sequence for each vibratory path, and further generating two or more sets of damage images from the two or more damage index values, each set consisting of two or more damage images for each damage index type;
• wherein each of the two or more damage image sets correspond to each of the two or more damage index values;
• the controller element capable of determining a damage location from the two or more sets of damage images by two or more location algorithms;
• wherein each independent damage index value of the two or more independent damage index values is created using different damage index algorithms on the single data sequence.