Indicator kriging for damage position prediction by the use of electromechanical impedance-based structural health monitoring

Impedance-based Structural Health Monitoring

1. Introduction The development of a real-time, in-service structural health monitoring and damage detection technique has recently attracted a large number of academic and industrial researchers. The goal of this research is to allow systems and structures to monitor their own integrity while in operation and throughout their lives in order to prevent catastrophic failures and to reduce the co...

Development of DSP-based Electromechanical (E/M) Impedance Analyzer for Active Structural Health Monitoring

The electromechanical (E/M) impedance method is a powerful technique in active structural health monitoring (SHM). E/M impedance method utilizes as its main apparatus an impedance analyzer that reads the in-situ E/M impedance of piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) attached to the monitored structure. Present-day impedance analyzer equipments (e.g.HP4194) are bulky, heavy and expensive lab...

Improved Algorithm for Efficient Measurement of Electromechanical (e/m) Impedance for Structural Health Monitoring

Electro-mechanical impedance method is emerging as an important and powerful technique for structural health monitoring. The E/M impedance method utilizes as its main apparatus an impedance analyzer that reads the in-situ E/M impedance of the PWAS attached to the monitored structure. Present day impedance analyzer equipments (e.g. HP4194) are bulky, heavy and expensive laboratory equipment that...

Development of a Field-Portable Small-Size Impedance Analyzer for Structural Health Monitoring using the Electromechanical Impedance Technique

Electromechanical (E/M) impedance method is emerging as an effective and powerful technique for structural health monitoring. The E/M impedance method utilizes as its main apparatus an impedance analyzer that reads the in-situ E/M impedance of piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) attached to the monitored structure. Laboratory-type impedance analyzers (e.g. HP4194) are bulky, heavy, and ex...

Piezoelectric Transducers Applied in Structural Health Monitoring: Data Acquisition and Virtual Instrumentation for Electromechanical Impedance Technique