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Review
. 2010 Dec 6;3(12):5169-5194.
doi: 10.3390/ma3125169.

Applications of Piezoelectric Materials in Structural Health Monitoring and Repair: Selected Research Examples

Wen Hui Duan  1 , Quan Wang  2 , Ser Tong Quek  3
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Review

Applications of Piezoelectric Materials in Structural Health Monitoring and Repair: Selected Research Examples

Wen Hui Duan et al. Materials (Basel). .

Abstract

The paper reviews the recent applications of piezoelectric materials in structural health monitoring and repair conducted by the authors. First, commonly used piezoelectric materials in structural health monitoring and structure repair are introduced. The analysis of plain piezoelectric sensors and actuators and interdigital transducer and their applications in beam, plate and pipe structures for damage detection are reviewed in detail. Second, an overview is presented on the recent advances in the applications of piezoelectric materials in structural repair. In addition, the basic principle and the current development of the technique are examined.

Keywords: interdigital transducer; piezoelectric sensors and actuators; structural health monitoring; structural repair; wave propagation; wavelet transform.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Snapshot on the transient response of a piezoelectric coupled ring with wave propagating (adopted from Figure 13d in [44]).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Piezoelectric coupled plate surface bonded by interdigital transducer (adopted from Figure 1 in [15]).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Experimental set-up to detect the transverse line crack in beam (adopted from Figure 6 in [18]).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Wavelet coefficients at scale 12 of signals from piezoelectric sensor and strain gauge for 0.5 mm and 1 mm deep cracks (adopted from Figure 4 in [5]).
Figure 5
Figure 5
Experimental set-up to detect the delamination in beam (adopted from Figure 8 in [18]).
Figure 6
Figure 6
Experimental set-up to detect the reinforcement in one-way RC slab (adopted from Figure 12 in [18]).
Figure 6
Figure 6
Experimental set-up to detect the reinforcement in one-way RC slab (adopted from Figure 12 in [18]).
Figure 7
Figure 7
Elliptical loci of possible crack positions (adopted from Figure 1 in [20]).
Figure 8
Figure 8
Determination of crack orientation (adopted from Figure 7 in [20]).
Figure 9
Figure 9
Quantification of damage extent (adopted from Figure 9 in [20]).
Figure 10
Figure 10
Schematic view of experimental set-up for directed wave propagation in aluminum plate via IDT (adopted from Figure 14 in [23]).
Figure 11
Figure 11
Repair of delaminated beam via piezoelectric patches (adopted from Figure 1 in [56]).
Figure 12
Figure 12
FE discretization for crack tip, piezoelectric patches and contact interface (adopted from Figure 3 in [56]).
Figure 13
Figure 13
Von-Mises stress field around crack tip with different applied voltages on piezoelectric patches (a) 0 V, (b) 300 V and (c) 480 V (adopted from Figure 5 in [56]).
Figure 14
Figure 14
A delaminated plate structure (adopted from Figure 1 in [58]).
Figure 15
Figure 15
FEM simulation of shear stress distributions along delamination edges with different voltages (adopted from Figure 4 in [58]).
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