Autonomous fitness for service assessment
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1. A method to evaluate material comprising:
- inducing excitation into said material;
detecting an output of at least one sensor, said output comprising of signals indicative of features from the material under evaluation, in a time-varying electrical form;
decomposing in frequency said signals, wherein said decomposing comprises passing said signals through at least one filter, producing decomposed in frequency signals;
converting said decomposed in frequency signals to a digital format producing digital signals;
recognizing a feature by utilizing a computer to analyze said digital signals;
evaluating an impact of said material feature upon said material under evaluation, utilizing said computer; and
calculating a fitness for service of said material under evaluation, utilizing said computer.
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Abstract
The equipment comprises at least one computer and a material features acquisition system operable to detect a plurality of material features. The features are then evaluated according to rules that capture the multidiscipline knowledge of experts and are already inputted into the computer. The computer iterations are processed until an acceptable conclusion is made regarding the condition of the material under evaluation.
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1. A method to evaluate material comprising:
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inducing excitation into said material; detecting an output of at least one sensor, said output comprising of signals indicative of features from the material under evaluation, in a time-varying electrical form; decomposing in frequency said signals, wherein said decomposing comprises passing said signals through at least one filter, producing decomposed in frequency signals; converting said decomposed in frequency signals to a digital format producing digital signals; recognizing a feature by utilizing a computer to analyze said digital signals; evaluating an impact of said material feature upon said material under evaluation, utilizing said computer; and calculating a fitness for service of said material under evaluation, utilizing said computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method to calculate a material remediation comprising:
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programming a computer to operate a material features acquisition system to detect a plurality of material features in a material; recognizing a material feature utilizing said computer; evaluating an impact of said material feature upon said material, said evaluation being performed by said computer; calculating a fitness for service of said material, said calculation being performed by said computer; and determining a material remediation path, said determination being performed by said computer. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A method to evaluate material comprising:
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detecting an output of at least one sensor, said output comprising of signals indicative of features from the material under evaluation, in a time-varying electrical form; converting said signals to a digital format producing digital signals; recognizing a material feature by utilizing a computer to analyze said digital signals; calculating a geometry of said material feature of said material under evaluation with said material feature, utilizing said computer; and converting said geometry to a file format in compliance with a finite element analysis engine input/output file specification. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method to evaluate material comprising:
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inducing excitation into said material and detecting material features in said material with a material features acquisition system whereby digital signals are produced representative of as-is material features; and converting said digital signals into a data format for use by a finite element analysis program. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system to evaluate a material comprising:
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a material features acquisition system operable to induce excitation into said material to detect material features of said material and produce data representative of said material features; and at least one computer programmed to convert said data into a data format for use by a finite element analysis program. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A material evaluation system comprising:
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at least one computer; at least one finite element analysis program; a material features acquisition system operable to detect at least one material feature in said material under evaluation; at least one database comprising at least one of material features recognition equations and material historical data; at least one program being executed on said at least one computer to recognize said at least one material feature and to convert said at least one material feature into a data format for use by said finite element analysis program; whereby said finite element analysis program being executed on said at least one computer is operable to produce a finite element analysis of at least a part of said material. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A material evaluation system comprising:
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at least one computer; a material features acquisition system operable to detect a plurality of material features in a material under evaluation; and at least one program being executed on said at least one computer to recognize said plurality of material features and to convert said plurality of material features into a data format for use by a finite element analysis program. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A material evaluation system comprising:
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at least one computer; at least one finite element analysis program; a material features acquisition system operable to detect at least one material feature in said material under evaluation for detection of as-is material; at least one database comprising at least one of material features recognition equations and material historical data; at least one program being executed on said at least one computer to recognize said at least one material feature and to convert said at least one material feature into an as-is material operational model for analysis by said at least one finite element analysis program. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41. A method to evaluate material comprising:
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detecting an output of at least one sensor, said output comprising of signals indicative of features from the material under evaluation, in a time-varying electrical form; recognizing a material feature by utilizing at least one computer; and
calculating a geometry of said material feature utilizing said at least one computer. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method to calculate a material remediation comprising:
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programming a computer to operate a material features acquisition system to detect a plurality of material features; recognizing a material feature utilizing said computer; and determining a material remediation path, said determination being performed by said computer. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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