Guided wave propagation in structural health monitoring (Experimental Study)

• Main Author: Teo, Kian Yong.
• Other Authors: Soh Chee Kiong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39533
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This final year project investigates the feasibility of using smart material in the form of piezoelectric wafer active sensor (PWAS) to excite a structure in question. The PWAS type we are using in our experiments is the Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT). The two main experiments conducted consist of a...