Patent ID: 6044713
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G01B,G01N

Abstract:
A measurement system for simultaneously measuring linear and bending deformations in a test member, comprising:a first spatial-position member adapted to be coupled to a first portion of a test member so as to be responsive to spatial movements of said first portion;a second spatial-position member adapted to be coupled to a second portion of said test member so as to be responsive to spatial movements of said second portion; andfirst and second displacement sensors each coupled between different respective locations on said first and second spatial-position members, with said first and second displacement sensors spaced apart by a sensor space and producing responses corresponding to changes in the distances between their respective locations on said first and second spatial-position members;the responses of said first and second displacement sensors being a function of said linear and bending deformations and said sensor space.