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Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Beam with Electro-Mechanical Impedance Technique Based on Piezoelectric Transducers

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Electromechanical impedance technique (EMI) based on piezoelectric (PZT) transducers is a local method to detect damage. The sensing range of a PZT patch in the identification of damage has not been sufficiently investigated. To overcome this gap, the paper presents a new approach where a sensitivity analysis is carried out based on the variance decomposition (VD) method to comprehensively investigate the sensing range of a PZT patch. The research is to determine the patch’s sensing region to identify concrete damage. In this study, three PZTs were surface bonded to a reinforced concrete (RC) beam of grade M35 at certain intervals. The electromechanical responses of each PZT monitoring the cracks on the beam were measured. Using the root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the responses and the horizontal distance of each crack from three PZT patches, a VD model was formed in RStudio software to determine the contribution of each PZT in the detection of cracks. Nine RC beam specimens in total were tested experimentally, and the results were uniform. The VD factors showed higher values when the cracks were near the PZT and vice-versa. The average sensing range of the PZT patch in concrete was found to vary between 0.200 and 0.300 m. The sensitivity of the PZT to detect the crack reduces as the crack lies beyond the sensing range of the patch. It can be concluded that the proposed sensitivity analysis based on the VD method is quite effective in determining the sensing range of PZT patches.

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Kaur, H., Singla, S. Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Beam with Electro-Mechanical Impedance Technique Based on Piezoelectric Transducers. Arab J Sci Eng 48, 13449–13463 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-07839-0

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