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Christopher Smith ()

Patents (2018-Present)

Resistance Compensator to Reduce Uncertainty in Determination of Movement of a Structural Member

NIST Inventors

Matthew Hoehler and Christopher Smith

A new method has been developed for estimating the thermal expansion of an electrically conductive wire that is placed in a high temperature environment with an unknown temperature profile; i.e. a temperature distribution that varies in location and time. The method is based on a simultaneous

Differential compensator to reduce uncertainty in determination of movement of a structural member

NIST Inventors

Matthew Hoehler and Christopher Smith

A new method has been developed for estimating the thermal expansion of a measurement cable (metallic wire or ceramic fiber thread) that is placed in a high temperature environment with an unknown temperature profile and connected to a moving target. This method is to deploy a second measurement

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Created October 23, 2018, Updated December 9, 2022