Novel Approach to Make Low Cost, High Density PZT Phased Array and Its Application in Structural Health Monitoring
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In this paper we present a cost effective method to fabricate flexible, high density piezoelectric tape, and expl'ore its potential application as a new type of Lamb wave phased array for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) through simulating the Lamb wave propagation generated from single element and multielement arrays. The piezoelectric tape consists of many patterned and densely packed PZT (lead zirconate titanate) elements sandwiched between two flexible films/foils. The PZT elements can have different shapes and distribution densities and can be addressed individually and/or by groups. The piezoelectric tape phased array can be easily integrated into various mechanical structures and has good conformability to curved surfaces.
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