Journal
SENSORS
Volume 19, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s19183989
Keywords
strain sensor; microstrip sensor; microstrip antenna; fractal; microwave technique; SHM; NDT
Funding
- Research Fund of Electrical Engineering (West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland)
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In this paper miniaturization of a microstrip patch strain sensor (MPSS) using fractal geometry was proposed and analyzed. For this purpose, the transducer of Sierpinski curve geometry was utilized and compared with the most commonly utilized rectangular resonator-based one. Both sensors were designed for the same resonant frequency value (2.725 GHz). This fact allows analysis of the influence of the patch (resonator) shape and size on the resonant frequency shift. This is very important as the sensors with the same resonator shape but designed on various operating frequencies have various resonant frequency shifts. Simulation and experimental analysis for all sensors were carried out. A good convergence between results of simulation and measurements was achieved. The obtained results proved the possibility of microstrip strain sensor dimensions reduction using Sierpinski curve fractal geometry. Additionally, an influence of microstrip line deformation for proposed sensors was studied.
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