<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>One approach to developing a system of continues automated monitoring of structural health is to use elastic waves excited in a given medium by a piezoelectric transducers network. Depending on their source and the geometry of the structure under consideration elastic waves can propagate over a significant distance. They are also sensitive to local structure discontinuities and deformations providing a tool for detecting local damage in large aerospace structures. This paper investigates the issue of Barely Visible Impact Damages (BVIDs) detection in composite materials. The model description and the results of impact tests verifying damage detection capabilities of the proposed signal characteristics are presented in the paper.</p></abstract>

One approach to developing a system of continues automated monitoring of structural health is to use elastic waves excited in a given medium by a piezoelectric transducers network. Depending on their source and the geometry of the structure under consideration elastic waves can propagate over a significant distance. They are also sensitive to local structure discontinuities and deformations providing a tool for detecting local damage in large aerospace structures. This paper investigates the issue of Barely Visible Impact Damages (BVIDs) detection in composite materials. The model description and the results of impact tests verifying damage detection capabilities of the proposed signal characteristics are presented in the paper.

An Approach to Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Based on Embedded PZT Transducers

Air Force Institute of Technology, ul. Ks. Boleslawa 6, 01-494 Warsaw, Poland

University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland

Fatigue of Aircraft Structures

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One approach to developing a system of continues automated monitoring of structural health is to use elastic waves excited in a given medium by a piezoelectric...

An Approach to Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Based on Embedded PZT Transducers

Publicado en línea: 30 jun 2015

Páginas: 113 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fas-2014-0012

Palabras clave
structural health monitoring, PZT sensor network, barely visible impact damages

© Michał Dziendzikowski et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

An Approach to Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Based on Embedded PZT Transducers

Publicado en línea: 30 jun 2015

Páginas: 113 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fas-2014-0012

Palabras clavestructural health monitoring, PZT sensor network, barely visible impact damages

© Michał Dziendzikowski et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
structural health monitoring, PZT sensor network, barely visible impact damages