Journal
SENSORS
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 3681-3702Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s100403681
Keywords
piezoelectric actuators; coupled piezo-elastodynamic behavior; elastic waves; structural health monitoring
Funding
- National Science Foundation [EPS-0701890]
- NASA EPSCoR RID
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Elastic waves, especially guided waves, generated by a piezoelectric actuator/sensor network, have shown great potential for on-line health monitoring of advanced aerospace, nuclear, and automotive structures in recent decades. Piezoelectric materials can function as both actuators and sensors in these applications due to wide bandwidth, quick response and low costs. One of the most fundamental issues surrounding the effective use of piezoelectric actuators is the quantitative evaluation of the resulting elastic wave propagation by considering the coupled piezo-elastodynamic behavior between the actuator and the host medium. Accurate characterization of the local interfacial stress distribution between the actuator and the host medium is the key issue for the problem. This paper presents a review of the development of analytical, numerical and hybrid approaches for modeling of the coupled piezo-elastodynamic behavior. The resulting elastic wave propagation for structural health monitoring is also summarized.
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