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Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors

One of the original references on the theory and practice of structural health monitoring (SHM), updated with new advances in the field

Victor Giurgiutiu (Author)

9780124186910

Hardback, published 12 August 2014

1024 pages, 300 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 4.8 cm, 2.34 kg

Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors, Second Edition provides an authoritative theoretical and experimental guide to this fast-paced, interdisciplinary area with exciting applications across a range of industries.

The book begins with a detailed yet digestible consolidation of the fundamental theory relating to structural health monitoring (SHM). Coverage of fracture and failure basics, relevant piezoelectric material properties, vibration modes in different structures, and different wave types provide all the background needed to understand SHM and apply it to real-world structural challenges. Moving from theory to experimental practice, the book then provides the most comprehensive coverage available on using piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) to detect and quantify damage in structures.

Updates to this edition include circular and straight-crested Lamb waves from first principle, and the interaction between PWAS and Lamb waves in 1-D and 2-D geometries. Effective shear stress is described, and tuning expressions between PWAS and Lamb waves has been extended to cover axisymmetric geometries with a complete Hankel-transform-based derivation.

New chapters have been added including hands-on SHM case studies of PWAS stress, strain, vibration, and wave sensing applications, along with new sections covering essential aspects of vibration and wave propagation in axisymmetric geometries.

Preface1. Introduction2. Electroactive and Magnetoactive Materials3. Vibration Fundamentals4. Vibration of Plates5. Elastic Waves6. Guided Waves7. Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors -- PWAS Transducers8. Coupling of PWAS Transducers to the Monitored Structure9. PWAS Resonators10. Wave Tuning with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors11. High-Frequency Vibration SHM with PWAS Modal Sensors -- the Electromechanical Impedance Method12. Wave Propagation SHM with PWAS Transducers13. In-Situ Phased Arrays with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors14. Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition for Structural Health Monitoring with PWAS Transducers15. Case Studies of Multi-method SHM with PWAS Transducers: Damage ID in Experimental SignalsAppendix A: Mathematical PrerequisitesAppendix B: Elasticity Notations and EquationsReferences

Subject Areas: Structural engineering [TNC], Engineering: general [TBC], Health & safety issues [KNXC]

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