Patent ID: 7571058
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G01M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A structural health monitoring system, comprising: a structure to be monitored having a body including an axis of symmetry; and a plurality of spatially paired health monitoring sensor nodes, each health monitoring sensor node positioned separate and spaced apart from each other of the health monitoring sensor nodes, each node connected to or embedded within the body of the structure to monitor data related to parameters of a portion of the body of the structure, each node including a sensor element to sense parameters of a respective portion of the body of the structure to define sensed parameters, each node of the plurality of spatially paired health monitoring sensor node pairs located on an opposite side of the axis of symmetry to establish a special correlative relationship therebetween, each of the plurality of spatially paired health monitoring sensor node pairs having a separate communication link to share information to correlate the monitored data therebetween, and only one of the nodes of each node pair transmitting the correlated data to a central computer or data collector.