Structures including a measurement coating and methods of forming the same

DWPI Title: Structure for forming the measurement coating, comprises a substrate, and a coating that applied over the substrate with a carrier and particles sized between multiple micrometers, and the controllable excitation source to energetically excite the substrate for an infrared testing device
Abstract: A structure includes a substrate and a coating applied over the substrate, the coating containing particles sized between 30 and 250 micrometers. A proportion of the particles to the carrier is between 40 and 70 by volume percentage. In response to excitation of the structure by a controllable excitation source, a first instrument monitors behavior of the particles to determine a first condition of the structure thereby. In response to an absence of excitation of the structure by the controllable excitation source, a second instrument monitors behavior of the particles to determine a second condition of the structure thereby.
Use: Structure for forming the measurement coating.
Advantage: Structure ensures the coating that minimize the changes to the local stiffness of the structure, compared to accelerometers.
Novelty: The structure (10) comprises a substrate, and a coating (14) that applied over the substrate with a carrier and particles sized between 30 and 250 micrometers. A controllable excitation source is configured to energetically excite the substrate. An infrared testing device is configured to monitor the coating. The proportion of the particles (16) to the carrier is provided between 40 and 70 by volume percentage. The infrared testing device is monitored the behavior of the particles to determine a first condition of the structure in response to excitation of the structure by the controllable excitation source.
Filed: 8/15/2017
Application Number: US15677441A
Tech ID: SD 14194.0
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
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