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 …

The recent advent of highly durable engineering materials and the advancement of latest
structural design theories have made possible the fabrication of more efficient engineering …

Bolted structures are widely utilized in industrial structures and equipment due to the
numerous advantages they possess. However, the use of bolts in these structures by itself …

Electromechanical impedance–based structural health monitoring method had attracted
several researchers in the recent past for aerospace, civil, mechanical, timber and biological …

Piezoelectric ceramic Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) based electro-mechanical impedance
(EMI) technique for structural health monitoring (SHM) has been successfully applied to …

The advent of smart materials such as the piezo-impedance transducer (lead zirconate
titanate, PZT) and optical fiber (FBG) has ushered in a new era in the field of structural health …

In this paper, a piezoelectric impedance frequency shift method is developed to estimate the
bolt preload for the detection of bolt looseness in engineering structures. An experimental …

This study showcases the electromechanical impedance (EMI) technique for extracting and
promoting zero-group velocity (ZGV) and cutoff frequency resonances in a waveguide …

Recently, impedance and guided wave based damage detection techniques have been
widely used for structural health monitoring (SHM) and Nondestructive testing (NDT) due to …

The impedance based damage detection technique utilizing piezoelectric materials has
become a promising and attractive tool for structural health monitoring due to its high …