Ultrasonic guided wave sensing characteristics of large area thin piezo coating

Rathod, V T and Jeyaseelan, A Antony and Dutta, Soma and Mahapatra, D Roy (2017) Ultrasonic guided wave sensing characteristics of large area thin piezo coating. In: SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 26 (10).

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Abstract

This paper reports on the characterization method and performance enhancement of thin piezo coating for ultrasonic guided wave sensing applications. We deposited the coatings by an in situ slurry coating method and studied their guided wave sensing properties on a one-dimensional metallic beam as a substrate waveguide. The developed piezo coatings show good sensitivity to the longitudinal and flexural modes of guided waves. Sensing voltage due to the guided waves at various different ultrasonic frequencies shows a linear dependence on the thickness of the coating. The coatings also exhibit linear sensor output voltage with respect to the induced dynamic strain magnitude. Diameter/size of the piezo coatings strongly influences the voltage response in relation to the wavelength. The proposed method used a characterization set-up involving coated sensors, reference transducers and an analytical model to estimate the piezoelectric coefficient of the piezo coating. The method eliminates the size dependent effect on the piezo property accurately and gives further insight to design better sensors/filters with respect to frequency/wavelength of interest. The developed coatings will have interesting applications in structural health monitoring (SHM) and internet of things (IOT).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2017 05:08
Last Modified:	23 Sep 2017 05:08
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/57848

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