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Method for measuring stress

US5289387A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 20, 1990
Grant dateFeb 22, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2291/02827
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Stress in a substance is measured by utilizing the transfer characteristics of elastic waves, such that elastic waves input to a substance are displaced by the stress load within the substance. Waves input to the substance and output therefrom by transmission or reflection are compared by fast fourier transform analysis, obtaining a wave attenuation factor quantifying the magnitude of stress in the substance.

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