Server-Controlled Sensor Triggers for Self-Healing Material Repair
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions lack an efficient method to control and optimize the repair process of non-autonomic extrinsic self-healing materials, which are used in structures composed of multiple materials, requiring external triggers like light, heat, or radiation to initiate repair.
Innovation Solution
A server-based system that embeds sensor elements within these materials to initiate testing procedures, analyze results, determine necessary repair processes, and deliver triggering instructions to activate appropriate repair mechanisms, including re-triggering and timing adjustments based on predetermined processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If non-autonomic extrinsic self-healing materials are used in structures, then the materials can repair damage with external triggering, but the control and management of the repair process becomes complex and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor element autonomously performs testing procedures and self-identifies its own capability information, eliminating the need for external system configuration or manual intervention. The sensor triggers itself to test the material condition and automatically provides its capability data to the server when requested, enabling the system to serve itself without complex external control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor element provides feedback to the server about its capability information and testing results, allowing the server to make informed decisions about repair process initiation. The server requests capability information from the sensor, receives it, and uses this feedback to determine appropriate triggering instructions, creating a closed-loop control system that simplifies management.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple non-autonomic extrinsic self-healing materials are used, then diverse repair capabilities are available, but determining the appropriate repair process becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The capability information of each sensor element is determined and stored in advance, before the actual repair process is needed. This preliminary identification and storage of capabilities allows the server to quickly retrieve and match appropriate repair processes without complex real-time analysis, simplifying the selection process while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The server is designed to handle multiple types of self-healing materials and their diverse repair capabilities through a universal interface. The server can request and process capability information from any sensor element, determine appropriate triggering instructions based on received capability data, and manage various repair processes through a single unified system, making the system adaptable to different materials without increasing complexity.
3Measurement precision
If sensor elements are embedded in self-healing materials, then real-time monitoring is possible, but the system requires complex communication and coordination
Solution Approach 1:
The capability information determination process is extracted from the server and performed autonomously by the sensor element itself. Instead of the server needing to manage complex testing procedures and extract capability data, the sensor element independently determines and provides its own capability information, simplifying the server's role to merely requesting and processing the information.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for controlling a repair of at least one non-autonomic extrinsic self-healing material in an object, the method comprising: triggering (410), by a server (150), at least one sensor element (110A; 110B) embedded in the at least one non-autonomic extrinsic self-healing material to initiate a testing procedure, receiving (420) a result of the testing procedure, analysing (430) the result, determining (440) capability information of the sensor element (110A; 110B) with an inquiry, receiving (450) the capability information (150), determining (460) a triggering instruction to the sensor element (110A; 110B) on the basis of the capability information, delivering (470) the triggering instruction to utilize an applicable capability of the sensor element (110A; 110B) to the sensor element (110A; 110B). The invention also relates to a server implementing the method and a system.