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In this paper we present the results of a systematic theoretical and experimental investigation of the fundamental aspects of using piezoelectric wafe active sensors (PWASs) to achieve embedded ultrasonics in thin-gage beam and plate structures. This investigation opens the path for systematic application of PWASs forin situ health monitoring. After a comprehensive review of the literature, we present the principles of embedded PWASs and their interaction with the host structure. We give a brief review of the Lamb wave principles with emphasis on the understanding the particle motion wave speed/group velocity dispersion. Finite element modeling and experiments on thin-gage beam and plate specimens are presented and analyzed. The axial (S 0) and flexural (A 0) wave propagation patterns are simulated and experimentally measured. The group-velocity dispersion curves are validated. The use of the pulse-echo ultrasonic technique with embedded PWASs is illustrated using both finite element simulation and experiments. The importance of using high-frequency waves optimally tuned to the sensor-structure interaction is demonstrated. In conclusion, we discuss the extension of these results toin situ structural health monitoring using embedded ultrasonics.
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Giurgiutiu, V., Bao, J. & Zhao, W. Piezoelectric wafer active sensor embedded ultrasonics in beams and plates. Experimental Mechanics 43, 428–449 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02411348
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Key Words
- Piezoelectric wafers
- piezoelectric sensors
- active sensors
- in situ diagnostics
- structural health monitoring
- piezoelectrics
- ultrasonics
- elastic waves
- P-waves
- S-waves
- shear waves
- axial waves
- flexural waves
- Rayleigh waves
- Lamb waves
- plate waves
- surface waves
- wave speed
- dispersion
- group velocity
- pulse-echo
- acousto ultrasonics