Automation Using Matrix Switch for Piezoelectric Actuator/Sensor Based Structural Health Monitoring

2014 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi Yang Meng ◽  
M.H. Aliabadi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Current System ◽  
Testing Time ◽  
Programming Technique ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Switch Operation ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Interrogation Area

The implementation of the switch is the stepstone of a fully automated structural health monitoring (SHM) System. This paper attempted to tackle the hardware connectivity issues when dense transducer arrays present in the system with the switch that features the matrix topology. The program that controls the instruments and automates the data acquisition for SHM system was developed in LabVIEW, in which a scanning approach that sensorises the interrogation area and a hybrid programming technique are employed. Through interfacing with a top-level GUI of the program, it is easy to be controlled and employed. The solution showed a significant reduction in testing time comparing that with manual switch operation and a weight-saving solution as a minimum number of shielded cable needed. In addition, because only one channel each from the signal generator and digitiser is required, it is less demanding on the specification of the instruments. The prototype of the current system can be scaled up for testing on a larger structure due to its modular nature in both PXI express system and software design.

scholarly journals A Novel Composite with Structural Health Monitoring Functionality via 2D and 3D Impedance Mapping Topography

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1647
Author(s):  
Georgios Foteinidis ◽  
Alkiviadis S. Paipetis
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Carbon Fabric ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Junction Points ◽  
Sinusoidal Electric Field ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

We report the transformation of a conventional composite material into a multifunctional structure able to provide information about its structural integrity. A purposely positioned grid of carbon fabric strips located within a glass fibre laminate in alternating 0/90 configuration combined with a ternary nanomodified epoxy matrix imparted structural health monitoring (SHM) topographic capabilities to the composite using the impedance spectroscopy (IS) technique. The matrix was reinforced with homogenously dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and carbon black (CB). A sinusoidal electric field was applied locally over a frequency range from 1 Hz to 100 kHz between the junction points of the grid of carbon fabric strips. The proposed design enabled topographic damage assessment after a high-velocity impact via the local monitoring of the impedance. The data obtained from the IS measurements were depicted by magnitude and phase delay Bode plots and Nyquist plots. The impedance values were used to create a 2D and a multi-layer (3D) contour topographical image of the damaged area, which revealed crucial information about the structural integrity of the composite.

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