Patent ID: 11946820
Assignee: KNOWIX, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 4:
5. A system of monitoring structural health of a tensile strength member, the system comprising:
a plurality of intelligent modules, each respective intelligent module coupled to the tensile strength member at a distance from one another along a length of the tensile strength member;
a data collection and analysis system; and
an intelligent module location system, configured to determine location information for each of the intelligent modules at a corresponding time value, and send the location information and the corresponding time value to the data collection and analysis system, wherein:
each of the modules are configured to measure a vibration at a corresponding time value, and send vibration information corresponding to the vibration and the corresponding time value to the data collection and analysis system,
the data collection and analysis system uses the vibration information, the location information, and the corresponding time values for the intelligent modules to determine a baseline state for a first parameter characterizing the structural health of the tensile strength member,
the data collection and analysis system continuing to collect the vibration information, the location information, and the corresponding time values to determine a current state for the first parameter, and
the data collection and analysis system determining a current state of health for the tensile strength member by determining a difference between the current state for the first parameter and the baseline state for the first parameter.