An optimization of the excitation–measurement configuration is proposed for the
characterization of damage in PZT-4 piezoelectric plates, from a numerical point of view. To …

Electromechanical impedance (EMI) technique plays an important role in the monitoring of
structures with piezoelectric transducers (PT). According to the EMI technique, diagnosis …

This paper provides a probabilistic formulation to design a monitoring setup for damage
detection in piezoelectric plates, solving a model-based identification inverse problem (IP) …

The electro-mechanical (EM) signals from piezoelectric (PZT) wafers are investigated for
reference-free damage diagnosis so that a notch in a plate can be detected without requiring …

An impedance-based structural damage identification method for thin plates is presented in
this paper using piezoelectric ceramic (PZT) transducers. The local damages are …

In this paper results of investigation on concentrated piezoelectric networks with different
configurations are presented. They were used for elastic wave generation and acquisition …

In this paper, a two-stage damage identification method has been proposed using the data
obtained from piezoelectric sensors. In the first stage, a first-order approximation technique …

In this paper, the numerical modeling of a damaged plate with piezoelectric actuation is
presented. Unlike in previous studies, the effects of the defect are considered and embodied …

A two-dimensional model for in-plane vibrations of a cantilever plate with a nonsymmetrical
damage is used in the context of defect identification in materials with piezoelectric ceramic …

This paper describes a method to detect notch like damages in plates using piezoelectric
transducers. The method does not use prior baseline data for damage detection. A single …