A review of piezoelectric material-based structural control and health monitoring techniques for engineering structures: Challenges and opportunities

A Aabid, B Parveez, MA Raheman, YE Ibrahim… - Actuators, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Application of electromechanical impedance technique for engineering structures: review and future issues

VGM Annamdas, CK Soh - Journal of Intelligent material …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

A review paper on looseness detection methods in bolted structures

SMY Nikravesh, M Goudarzi - Latin American Journal of Solids and …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
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 of piezoelectric transducers for monitoring metallic and non-metallic structures: A review of wired, wireless and energy-harvesting …

VGM Annamdas, MA Radhika - Journal of Intelligent …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Electromechanical impedance–based structural health monitoring method had attracted
several researchers in the recent past for aerospace, civil, mechanical, timber and biological …

Sensitivity of PZT impedance sensors for damage detection of concrete structures

Y Yang, Y Hu, Y Lu - Sensors, 2008 - mdpi.com
Piezoelectric ceramic Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) based electro-mechanical impedance
(EMI) technique for structural health monitoring (SHM) has been successfully applied to …

Practical issues related to the application of the electromechanical impedance technique in the structural health monitoring of civil structures: I. Experiment

Y Yang, YY Lim, CK Soh - Smart Materials and Structures, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Bolt looseness detection based on piezoelectric impedance frequency shift

J Shao, T Wang, H Yin, D Yang, Y Li - Applied Sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
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 …

Extraction and selective promotion of zero-group velocity and cutoff frequency resonances in bi-dimensional waveguides using the electromechanical impedance …

K Zhang, R Cui, Y Wu, L Zhang, X Zhu - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study showcases the electromechanical impedance (EMI) technique for extracting and
promoting zero-group velocity (ZGV) and cutoff frequency resonances in a waveguide …

Integrated impedance and guided wave based damage detection

YK An, H Sohn - Mechanical Systems and signal processing, 2012 - Elsevier
Recently, impedance and guided wave based damage detection techniques have been
widely used for structural health monitoring (SHM) and Nondestructive testing (NDT) due to …

Impedance based damage detection under varying temperature and loading conditions

HJ Lim, MK Kim, H Sohn, CY Park - Ndt & E International, 2011 - Elsevier
The impedance based damage detection technique utilizing piezoelectric materials has
become a promising and attractive tool for structural health monitoring due to its high …