An apparatus includes: a deflection acquiring unit that acquires a deflection amount caused in a measurement target region on a structure by a vehicle traveling on the structure; a vehicle position acquiring unit that acquires a position of the vehicle on the structure at time when the deflection amount is acquired; and a rigidity coefficient calculating unit that calculates a rigidity coefficient specifying a relation between a magnitude of a force applied to the structure due to a weight of the vehicle and flexural rigidity of the structure, from a relation equation, the acquired deflection amount, and the detected position of the vehicle. The relation equation is established among a position of the vehicle on the structure, the magnitude of the force, a position of the measurement target region on the structure, a length of the structure, the flexural rigidity, and a deflection amount caused in the measurement target region.

A wear sensing liner for a comminution apparatus. The wear sensing liner comprising: a liner body comprising; a wear surface side defining a wear surface; and an opposed, operatively rear surface side; and at least one sensor carried by the liner body. The at least one sensor being carried by the liner body to sense wear of the wear surface side of the liner body. The at least one sensor being configured to degrade in response to wear of the wear surface side of the liner body and to output a signal representative of the wear of the wear surface side of the liner body.

A method for calculating a temperature-dependent mid-span vertical displacement of a girder bridge includes: setting a joint rotation of a main girder at each support as an unknown quantity, and establishing an equation according to a bending moment equilibrium condition at the joint; then introducing a sequence to establish a quantitative relationship between each unknown quantity; substituting the relationship into the equation, to obtain an analytical formula for a rotation at each joint; establishing an analytical formula for a bending moment at each joint through a principle of superposition; and finally, establishing an analytical formula for a mid-span vertical displacement of each span girder through a principle of virtual work. This method provides an analytical formula with exact solutions for prismatic girder bridges which have equal side spans yet have any number of spans.

Systems and methods to determine navigation states of a platform are disclosed. An example system includes a first processing node to determine a first aeroelastic navigation state of a platform at a first structural location of the platform with respect to a first aeroelasticity reference, a second processing node to determine a second aeroelastic navigation state of the platform at a second structural location of the platform with respect to the first aeroelasticity reference or a second aeroelasticity reference, and a storage device to store a platform navigation state based on at least one of the first or second aeroelastic navigation states.

A mobile fixture configured to move a structure in a manufacturing environment may include a motorized base configured to move on a surface and a support system connected to the motorized base, the support system being configured to support the structure, the support system being configured to position the structure along at least one of an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis, the support system being configured to position the structure about the Z-axis, and the support system being configured to provide free rotation of the structure about at least one of the X-axis and the Y-axis.

The application relates to an apparatus (100) for fatigue testing a wind turbine blade, and to a system and method using such an apparatus (100). The apparatus (100) comprises a base (110) for supporting a first end (12) of the wind turbine blade (10), and an edgewise actuator assembly (120). The edgewise actuator assembly (120) includes a ground-supported edgewise actuator (130) and a flexible cable assembly (140) for connecting the edgewise actuator (130) to the blade (10). The edgewise actuator (130) and the flexible cable assembly (140) are adapted to cyclically deflect the blade (10) relative to the base in the edgewise direction by repeatedly pulling the blade (10) in a substantially horizontal direction.

A glazing sensor for detecting vibration of an automotive glazing. The glazing sensor includes at least one vibration sensor and a communication module. The vibration sensor converts a vibration of the glass into an electrical signal and the communication module transmits a signal of characteristic information of the electrical signal. The glazing sensor further includes an acceleration sensor. The glazing sensor puts itself in sleep mode when no acceleration is detected during a predetermined period of time, and puts itself in active mode when an acceleration is detected, with the functionality of the glazing sensor in sleep mode is reduced compared to the functionality in active mode.

According to one embodiment, a structure evaluation system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of sensors, a position locator, and an evaluator. The plurality of sensors detect elastic waves. The position locator locates positions of elastic wave sources by using the elastic waves among the plurality of elastic waves respectively detected by the plurality of sensors having an amplitude exceeding a threshold value determined according to positions of the sources of the plurality of elastic waves and the positions of the plurality of disposed sensors. The evaluator evaluates a deteriorated state of the structure on the basis of results of the position locating of the elastic wave sources which is performed by the position locator.

A method and an apparatus for rolling wheel deflection measurement are disclosed. The apparatus includes a rolling wheel to be moved along a measuring surface in a first direction; a frame extending essentially along the measuring surface in the first direction from at least the rolling wheel; four spaced apart range sensors; a scanner for scanning in a first time interval a number of lines using each of the range sensors, so as to get a corresponding number of virtual images, in which the pixel values represent distances; and a data processor adapted for comparing and matching the virtual images, so as to identify corresponding regions, and for calculating a deflection value using matched pixel values of virtual images from the virtual images based on the identification corresponding regions.

An image-based structural health monitoring system and method are disclosed herein. The image-based structural health monitoring system includes a marker image acquisition unit, a marker coordinate calculation unit, a shape function determination unit, and a structural health evaluation unit. The marker image acquisition unit acquires marker images of markers attached onto the surface of a structure. The marker coordinate calculation unit calculates the coordinates of the markers in the marker images. The shape function determination unit determines a shape function by performing spline interpolation based on the calculated marker coordinates. The structural health evaluation unit evaluates the structural health of the structure by calculating the strain or stress of the structure based on the radius of curvature calculated at each location on the determined shape function.