scholarly journals Recent Advances in Energy Harvesting Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Davidson ◽  
Changki Mo
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Frequency Tuning ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Monitoring Applications ◽  
Harvesting Systems

This paper reviews recent developments in energy harvesting technologies for structural health monitoring applications. Many industries have a great deal of interest in obtaining technology that can be used to monitor the health of machinery and structures. In particular, the need for autonomous monitoring of structures has been ever-increasing in recent years. Autonomous SHM systems typically include embedded sensors, data acquisition, wireless communication, and energy harvesting systems. Among all of these components, this paper focuses on the energy harvesting technologies. Since low-power sensors and wireless communications are used in newer SHM systems, a number of researchers have recently investigated techniques to extract energy from the local environment to power these stand-alone systems. Ambient energy sources include vibration, thermal gradients, solar, wind, pressure, etc. If the structure has a rich enough loading, then it may be possible to extract the needed power directly from the structure itself. Harvesting energy using piezoelectric materials by converting applied stress to electricity is most common. Other methods to harvest energy such as electromagnetic, magnetostrictive, or thermoelectric generator are also reviewed. Lastly, an energy harvester with frequency tuning capability is demonstrated.

Harvesting Vibration Energy for Structural Health Monitoring in Aircraft

2009 ◽  
Vol 413-414 ◽  
pp. 439-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A. Featherston ◽  
Karen M. Holford ◽  
Bea Greaves
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Lead Zirconate Titanate ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Lead Zirconate ◽  
Body Motion ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Piezoelectric Energy ◽  
Harvesting Systems

The concept of harvesting energy is not a new one: there has been an interest in this area for around 10 years. Devices typically use either vibration (rigid body motion) or thermal gradients and can harvest sufficient energy to power telemetry, small devices or to charge a battery or capacitance device. However, for the new generation of aircraft, (both fixed wing and rotating) there is now an urgent need to develop energy harvesting systems in order to provide localised power for sensors in structural health monitoring systems (SHM). By implementing SHM, aircraft manufacturers can benefit from improved safety, reduced maintenance and extended aircraft life. The work presented examines the feasibility of designing an energy harvesting system powered by the vibrations of aircraft panels generated in flight. PZT (lead zirconate titanate) harvesters are bonded to an aluminium alloy panel, representative of an aircraft wing panel which is vibrated across a range of amplitudes (up to + 0.2mm) and frequencies (up to 300Hz). By recording voltage and current outputs from each harvester, generated power is calculated which when normalised for area and mass indicates values of up to 7.0 Wm-2 and 2.5Wkg-1 respectively, representing mechanical to electrical energy conversion efficiencies of up to 35% dependant on frequency of vibration. From these values it is estimated that a harvester area of down to 71cm2 or mass of as little as 20g is necessary to meet the current minimum power requirements of SHM systems of 50mW. With predicted reductions in sensor power consumption indicating system power requirements in the order of 0.1-1mW, this work shows that piezoelectric energy harvesting has future potential for powering aerospace SHM systems.

scholarly journals Advances in the Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges Using Piezoelectric Transducers

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 4312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunzhu Chen ◽  
Xingwei Xue
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Steel Corrosion ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Future Application ◽  
Structural Health

With the rapid development of the world’s transportation infrastructure, many long-span bridges were constructed in recent years, especially in China. However, these bridges are easily subjected to various damages due to dynamic loads (such as wind-, earthquake-, and vehicle-induced vibration) or environmental factors (such as corrosion). Therefore, structural health monitoring (SHM) is vital to guarantee the safety of bridges in their service lives. With its wide frequency response range, fast response, simple preparation process, ease of processing, low cost, and other advantages, the piezoelectric transducer is commonly employed for the SHM of bridges. This paper summarizes the application of piezoelectric materials for the SHM of bridges, including the monitoring of the concrete strength, bolt looseness, steel corrosion, and grouting density. For each problem, the application of piezoelectric materials in different research methods is described. The related data processing methods for four types of bridge detection are briefly summarized, and the principles of each method in practical application are listed. Finally, issues to be studied when using piezoelectric materials for monitoring are discussed, and future application prospects and development directions are presented.

scholarly journals A Review of Passive RFID Tag Antenna-Based Sensors and Systems for Structural Health Monitoring Applications

Sensors ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Gui Tian ◽  
Adi Marindra ◽  
Ali Sunny ◽  
Ao Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Rfid Tag ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Monitoring Applications ◽  
Passive Rfid
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