Evaluation of piezoelectric sensitivity compared to contemporary sensors for structural health monitoring

• Main Author: Andersen, Josh
• Other Authors: Soh Chee Kiong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71500
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Structural health monitoring (SHM) has been studied rigorously during the past few decades as it is becoming an essential tool to improve and monitor structural life. Piezoelectric (PE) sensors and fiber bragg grating (FBG) are some of the most commonly used smart materials. All these smart mater...