Improved SH0 Guided Wave Transducers Based on Piezoelectric Fiber Patches
A piezoelectric fiber patch (PFP) is a transducer type that is suitable for guided-wave-based structural health monitoring (SHM) due to its light, thin, and flexible characteristics. In our previous work, a PFP-based transducer design for selective excitation of the zero-order shear horizontal wave...
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| description | A piezoelectric fiber patch (PFP) is a transducer type that is suitable for guided-wave-based structural health monitoring (SHM) due to its light, thin, and flexible characteristics. In our previous work, a PFP-based transducer design for selective excitation of the zero-order shear horizontal wave mode (SH0) was introduced (shear horizontal PFP (SHPFP)). In this work, two modified SH0 wave PFP transducer designs are proposed: the rounded corner design and the dual design. The degree of improvement is determined by a numerical simulation and the dual design—the design with the most promise—is experimentally realized. Laser Vibrometry measured the generated wave field, confirming the results from the simulation. The new designs can generate an almost pure SH0 wave. The dual design has a very strong directivity that is useful for several guided-wave-based SHM applications. The conclusions on the design’s properties as a transmitter are also valid for its properties as a sensor due to the reciprocity of piezoelectric transducers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2423f09c05ff4d2296e43376f1cc3c612022-12-22T03:19:13ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-07-011913299010.3390/s19132990s19132990Improved SH0 Guided Wave Transducers Based on Piezoelectric Fiber PatchesYongtak Kim0Tobias Gaul1Bernd Köhler2Fraunhofer IKTS, Maria Reich Str. 2, 01109 Dresden, GermanyFraunhofer IKTS, Maria Reich Str. 2, 01109 Dresden, GermanyFraunhofer IKTS, Maria Reich Str. 2, 01109 Dresden, GermanyA piezoelectric fiber patch (PFP) is a transducer type that is suitable for guided-wave-based structural health monitoring (SHM) due to its light, thin, and flexible characteristics. In our previous work, a PFP-based transducer design for selective excitation of the zero-order shear horizontal wave mode (SH0) was introduced (shear horizontal PFP (SHPFP)). In this work, two modified SH0 wave PFP transducer designs are proposed: the rounded corner design and the dual design. The degree of improvement is determined by a numerical simulation and the dual design—the design with the most promise—is experimentally realized. Laser Vibrometry measured the generated wave field, confirming the results from the simulation. The new designs can generate an almost pure SH0 wave. The dual design has a very strong directivity that is useful for several guided-wave-based SHM applications. The conclusions on the design’s properties as a transmitter are also valid for its properties as a sensor due to the reciprocity of piezoelectric transducers.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/13/2990shear horizontal guided wavesstructural health monitoringSHPFPpiezoelectric fiber patchdirectivitymode purity |
| spellingShingle | Yongtak Kim Tobias Gaul Bernd Köhler Improved SH0 Guided Wave Transducers Based on Piezoelectric Fiber Patches Sensors shear horizontal guided waves structural health monitoring SHPFP piezoelectric fiber patch directivity mode purity |
| title | Improved SH0 Guided Wave Transducers Based on Piezoelectric Fiber Patches |
| title_full | Improved SH0 Guided Wave Transducers Based on Piezoelectric Fiber Patches |
| title_fullStr | Improved SH0 Guided Wave Transducers Based on Piezoelectric Fiber Patches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improved SH0 Guided Wave Transducers Based on Piezoelectric Fiber Patches |
| title_short | Improved SH0 Guided Wave Transducers Based on Piezoelectric Fiber Patches |
| title_sort | improved sh0 guided wave transducers based on piezoelectric fiber patches |
| topic | shear horizontal guided waves structural health monitoring SHPFP piezoelectric fiber patch directivity mode purity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/13/2990 |
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