The article presents a literature review of electromechanical impedance spectroscopy for
structural health monitoring, with emphasis in adhesively bonded joints. The concept behind …

Bolted joint are among the key components that enable the robust assembly of a wide
variety of structures. However, due to wear and tear over time, bolted joint may loosen, and if …

An overview of recent advances in electromechanical impedance‐(EMI‐) based structural
health monitoring is presented in this paper. The basic principle of the EMI method is to use …

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 …

Piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is being gradually applied into practice as a new
intelligent material for structural health monitoring. In order to study the damage detection …

An embedded PZT-based sensor for monitoring internal damage in concrete is presented.
An experimental program for producing controlled increments in levels of stress and …

In the process of pipeline structural health monitoring, it is necessary to detect pipe defects
as well as to locate the defect's axial and circumferential positions. Axial locating of a …

The main focus of this paper is monitoring evolution of damage in concrete, from distributed
microcracks to localized cracking, under compressive loading using bonded lead zirconate …

The impedance-based structural health monitoring technique uses measured signatures
changes to identify incipient damages in structures. The purpose is to perform a correlation …