A new microcontrolled structural health monitoring system based on the electromechanical impedance principle

dc.contributor.authorCortez, Nicolás E.
dc.contributor.authorVieira Filho, Jozué [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBaptista, Fabricio G. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:27:30Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:27:30Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-01
dc.description.abstractThis article presents a new method to detect damage in structures based on the electromechanical impedance principle. The system follows the variations in the output voltage of piezoelectric transducers and does not compute the impedance itself. The proposed system is portable, autonomous, versatile, and could efficiently replace commercial instruments in different structural health monitoring applications. The identification of damage is performed by simply comparing the variations of root mean square voltage from response signals of piezoelectric transducers, such as lead zirconate titanate patches bonded to the structure, obtained for different frequencies of the excitation signal. The proposed system is not limited by the sampling rate of analog-to-digital converters, dispenses Fourier transform algorithms, and does not require a computer for processing, operating autonomously. A low-cost prototype based on microcontroller and digital synthesizer was built, and experiments were carried out on an aluminum structure and excellent results have been obtained. © The Author(s) 2012.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento Académico de Matemática y Física Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga, Ayacucho
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Ilha Solteira, SP
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Engenharia de Bauru Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, C.P. 473, 17033-360, Bauru, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Ilha Solteira, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculdade de Engenharia de Bauru Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, C.P. 473, 17033-360, Bauru, SP
dc.format.extent14-22
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1475921712461163
dc.identifier.citationStructural Health Monitoring, v. 12, n. 1, p. 14-22, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1475921712461163
dc.identifier.issn1475-9217
dc.identifier.issn1741-3168
dc.identifier.lattes0534385574959094
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84872280889
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/74244
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000325812300002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofStructural Health Monitoring
dc.relation.ispartofjcr3.798
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,849
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectdirect digital synthesizer
dc.subjectelectromechanical impedance
dc.subjectmeasurement instruments
dc.subjectmicrocontroller
dc.subjectpiezoelectric transducers
dc.subjectStructural health monitoring
dc.subjectAluminum structures
dc.subjectAnalog to digital converters
dc.subjectCommercial instruments
dc.subjectDifferent frequency
dc.subjectDigital synthesizers
dc.subjectDirect digital synthesizer
dc.subjectElectromechanical impedance
dc.subjectExcitation signals
dc.subjectFourier transform algorithms
dc.subjectLead zirconate titanate
dc.subjectMeasurement instruments
dc.subjectOutput voltages
dc.subjectResponse signal
dc.subjectRoot Mean Square
dc.subjectSampling rates
dc.subjectStructural health
dc.subjectStructural health monitoring systems
dc.subjectDamage detection
dc.subjectMicrocontrollers
dc.subjectPiezoelectric transducers
dc.subjectSemiconducting lead compounds
dc.subjectComputer operating systems
dc.titleA new microcontrolled structural health monitoring system based on the electromechanical impedance principleen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.sagepub.com/authors/journal/permissions.sp#7
unesp.author.lattes0534385574959094
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-1200-4354[3]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Engenharia, Baurupt
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Engenharia, Ilha Solteirapt

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