Electrical network method for the thermal or structural characterization of a conducting material sample or structure
Abstract
A method for modeling a conducting material sample or structure system, as an electrical network of resistances in which each resistance of the network is representative of a specific physical region of the system. The method encompasses measuring a resistance between two external leads and using this measurement in a series of equations describing the network to solve for the network resistances for a specified region and temperature. A calibration system is then developed using the calculated resistances at specified temperatures. This allows for the translation of the calculated resistances to a region temperature. The method can also be used to detect and quantify structural defects in the system.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6254724
- Patent Number(s):
- 5217304
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-882225
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-76ID01570
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 13 May 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; DEFECTS; CALIBRATION; DETECTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; 420500* - Engineering- Materials Testing
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Ortiz, M G. Electrical network method for the thermal or structural characterization of a conducting material sample or structure. United States: N. p., 1993.
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Ortiz, M G. Electrical network method for the thermal or structural characterization of a conducting material sample or structure. United States.
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"Electrical network method for the thermal or structural characterization of a conducting material sample or structure". United States.
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abstractNote = {A method for modeling a conducting material sample or structure system, as an electrical network of resistances in which each resistance of the network is representative of a specific physical region of the system. The method encompasses measuring a resistance between two external leads and using this measurement in a series of equations describing the network to solve for the network resistances for a specified region and temperature. A calibration system is then developed using the calculated resistances at specified temperatures. This allows for the translation of the calculated resistances to a region temperature. The method can also be used to detect and quantify structural defects in the system.},
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