A mechanical impedance approach for structural identification, health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation using piezo-impedance transducers

• Main Author: Suresh Bhalla.
• Other Authors: Soh, Chee Kiong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Functional and smart materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/12017
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research has focused on utilizing the underlying PZT-structure electro-mechanical interaction for an impedance based structural identification and SHM/ NDE using the EMI technique. A new concept of active signatures has been introduced to extract the damage-sensitive information from the raw si...