Patent ID: 7366627

Claim:
A method for verifying the integrity of a structural health management system comprising a plurality of sensors mounted on a structure, the method comprising: establishing a baseline data set for each of the plurality of sensors; performing a calibration-in procedure to collect a calibration-in data set for each of the plurality of sensors; comparing the calibration-in data set for each sensor of the plurality of sensors to the baseline data set for each sensor of the plurality of sensors; and if the calibration-in data set and the baseline data set match: performing a structural characterization; performing a calibration-out procedure to generate a calibration-out data set; verifying that the structural health management system is working by comparing the calibration-out data set and the calibration-in data set for each sensor of the plurality of sensors; and generating a signal indicating the structural health management system is working, if the calibration-out data set and the calibration-in data set match.