scholarly journals A Review of Piezoelectric Material-Based Structural Control and Health Monitoring Techniques for Engineering Structures: Challenges and Opportunities

Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Abdul Aabid ◽  
Bisma Parveez ◽  
Md Abdul Raheman ◽  
Yasser E. Ibrahim ◽  
Asraar Anjum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Structural Control ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

With the breadth of applications and analysis performed over the last few decades, it would not be an exaggeration to call piezoelectric materials “the top of the crop” of smart materials. Piezoelectric materials have emerged as the most researched materials for practical applications among the numerous smart materials. They owe it to a few main reasons, including low cost, high bandwidth of service, availability in a variety of formats, and ease of handling and execution. Several authors have used piezoelectric materials as sensors and actuators to effectively control structural vibrations, noise, and active control, as well as for structural health monitoring, over the last three decades. These studies cover a wide range of engineering disciplines, from vast space systems to aerospace, automotive, civil, and biomedical engineering. Therefore, in this review, a study has been reported on piezoelectric materials and their advantages in engineering fields with fundamental modeling and applications. Next, the new approaches and hypotheses suggested by different scholars are also explored for control/repair methods and the structural health monitoring of engineering structures. Lastly, the challenges and opportunities has been discussed based on the exhaustive literature studies for future work. As a result, this review can serve as a guideline for the researchers who want to use piezoelectric materials for engineering structures.

scholarly journals Smart Sensing Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Engineering Structures

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sun ◽  
W. J. Staszewski ◽  
R. N. Swamy
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Piezoelectric Sensors ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Civil Engineering Structures ◽  
Smart Sensing

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) aims to develop automated systems for the continuous monitoring, inspection, and damage detection of structures with minimum labour involvement. The first step to set up a SHM system is to incorporate a level of structural sensing capability that is reliable and possesses long term stability. Smart sensing technologies including the applications of fibre optic sensors, piezoelectric sensors, magnetostrictive sensors and self-diagnosing fibre reinforced composites, possess very important capabilities of monitoring various physical or chemical parameters related to the health and therefore, durable service life of structures. In particular, piezoelectric sensors and magnetorestrictive sensors can serve as both sensors and actuators, which make SHM to be an active monitoring system. Thus, smart sensing technologies are now currently available, and can be utilized to the SHM of civil engineering structures. In this paper, the application of smart materials/sensors for the SHM of civil engineering structures is critically reviewed. The major focus is on the evaluations of laboratory and field studies of smart materials/sensors in civil engineering structures.

scholarly journals Piezoelectric Sensing Techniques in Structural Health Monitoring: A State-of-the-Art Review

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 3730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng Jiao ◽  
King-James I. Egbe ◽  
Yiwei Xie ◽  
Ali Matin Nazar ◽  
Amir H. Alavi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Electromechanical Impedance ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Health Monitoring Systems

Recently, there has been a growing interest in deploying smart materials as sensing components of structural health monitoring systems. In this arena, piezoelectric materials offer great promise for researchers to rapidly expand their many potential applications. The main goal of this study is to review the state-of-the-art piezoelectric-based sensing techniques that are currently used in the structural health monitoring area. These techniques range from piezoelectric electromechanical impedance and ultrasonic Lamb wave methods to a class of cutting-edge self-powered sensing systems. We present the principle of the piezoelectric effect and the underlying mechanisms used by the piezoelectric sensing methods to detect the structural response. Furthermore, the pros and cons of the current methodologies are discussed. In the end, we envision a role of the piezoelectric-based techniques in developing the next-generation self-monitoring and self-powering health monitoring systems.

scholarly journals A Perspective of Non-Fiber-Optical Metamaterial and Piezoelectric Material Sensing in Automated Structural Health Monitoring

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venu Annamdas ◽  
Chee Soh
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Compound Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Fiber Optical

Metamaterials are familiar in life sciences, but are only recently adopted in structural health monitoring (SHM). Even though they have existed for some time, they are only recently classified as smart materials suitable for civil, mechanical, and aerospace (CMA) engineering. There are still not many commercialized metamaterial designs suitable for CMA sensing applications. On the other hand, piezoelectric materials are one of the popular smart materials in use for about 25 years. Both these materials are non-fiber-optical in nature and are robust to withstand the rugged CMA engineering environment, if proper designs are adopted. However, no single smart material or SHM technique can ever address the complexities of CMA structures and a combination of such sensors along with popular fiber optical sensors should be encouraged. Furthermore, the global demand for miniaturization of SHM equipment, automation and portability is also on the rise as indicated by several global marketing strategists. Recently, Technavio analysts, a well-known market research company estimated the global SHM market to grow from the current US $ 1.48 billion to US $ 3.38 billion by 2023, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.93%. The market for metamaterial is expected to grow rapidly at a CAGR of more than 22% and the market for piezoelectric materials is expected to accelerate at a CAGR of over 13%. At the same time, the global automation and robotics market in the automotive industry is expected to post a CAGR of close to 8%. The fusion of such smart materials along with automation can increase the overall market enormously. Thus, this invited review paper presents a positive perspective of these non-fiber-optic sensors, especially those made of metamaterial designs. Additionally, our recent work related to near field setup, a portable meta setup, and their functionalities along with a novel piezoelectric catchment sensor are discussed.

Applications of Smart Materials in Structural Health Monitoring

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-Ru Shih ◽  
Wei Zheng ◽  
Wilbur L. Walters
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Hands On

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is an emerging technology devoted to monitoring and assessing of structural health. SHM emerged from the wide field of smart structures and laterally encompasses disciplines such as structural dynamics, materials and structures, non-destructive testing, sensors and actuators, data acquisition, signal processing and possibly much more. To stimulate students’ desire for pursing advanced technologies and prepare them well for their future careers, engineering and technology educators need to dedicate their efforts to educate the students with this emerging technology. At Jackson State University (JSU), three course modules (Smart Materials and Structures, Signals & Data Acquisition Systems, and Lamb Waves Generation & Detection) have been added to the existing courses to help undergraduate students develop hands-on experience for understanding this technology. The course modules do not assume prior knowledge of software and hardware, and they all follow an applied, hands-on approach. These three course modules allow students to gain insight into the SHM as well as to become knowledgeable users of the instrumentation.

scholarly journals Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Condition Monitoring

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1558
Author(s):  
Francesc Pozo ◽  
Diego A. Tibaduiza ◽  
Yolanda Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Structural Control ◽  
Engineering Applications ◽  
System Parameters ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Agricultural Engineering ◽  
Physical Variables

Structural control and health monitoring as condition monitoring are some essential areas that allow for different system parameters to be designed, supervised, controlled, and evaluated during the system’s operation in different processes, such as those used in machinery, structures, and different physical variables in mechanical, chemical, electrical, aeronautical, civil, electronics, mechatronics, and agricultural engineering applications, among others [...]

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 Piezoelectric Transducer-Based Structural Health Monitoring for Aircraft Applications

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinlin Qing ◽  
Wenzhuo Li ◽  
Yishou Wang ◽  
Hu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Piezoelectric Transducer ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Damage State ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Safety And Reliability ◽  
Aircraft Application

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is being widely evaluated by the aerospace industry as a method to improve the safety and reliability of aircraft structures and also reduce operational cost. Built-in sensor networks on an aircraft structure can provide crucial information regarding the condition, damage state and/or service environment of the structure. Among the various types of transducers used for SHM, piezoelectric materials are widely used because they can be employed as either actuators or sensors due to their piezoelectric effect and vice versa. This paper provides a brief overview of piezoelectric transducer-based SHM system technology developed for aircraft applications in the past two decades. The requirements for practical implementation and use of structural health monitoring systems in aircraft application are then introduced. State-of-the-art techniques for solving some practical issues, such as sensor network integration, scalability to large structures, reliability and effect of environmental conditions, robust damage detection and quantification are discussed. Development trend of SHM technology is also discussed.

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