Application of the Fatigue Crack Opening/Closing Effect for SHM Using Electromechanical Impedance Technology
Applied Mechanics and Materials 2015
Vitālijs Pavelko

Earlier the effect of fatigue crack opening/closing (FCOC) to ultrasound guided wave propagation was investigated. The purpose of this article is to evaluate this effect to the electromechanical impedance (EMI) of the system " host structure/ PZT (piezoelectric transducer)“. Experimental study performed using the flat samples of aluminum alloy. One of them had the 4 mm central hole. Other sample after fatigue testing had central fatigue crack of 40 mm length (including a 4 mm central hole for the initiation of a fatigue crack). Each sample was loaded by tensile axial static load from zero to 12 kN and EMI measurement after each 2 kN increment of load. The EMI was measured in the frequency range of 20-40 kHz. It is established that the FCOC effect to magnitude and reactance of EMI mainly associated with variation of the capacitance of PZT under mechanical load. But the effect to the PZT resistance is more complex and more significant. The result of the study is the base of some procedure of fatigue crack detecting by the EMI method without baseline use. The developed model of EMI of „host structure / PZT“ that is based on the modal decomposition of dynamic response of this system allows to solve main problems of the SHM system designing and optimizing of its parameters.


Atslēgas vārdi
structural health monitoring, ultrasonic inspection, fatigue crack, crack opening/closing, electromechanical impedance
DOI
10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.811.228
Hipersaite
http://www.scientific.net/AMM.811.228

Pavelko, V. Application of the Fatigue Crack Opening/Closing Effect for SHM Using Electromechanical Impedance Technology. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2015, Vol.811, 228.-235.lpp. ISSN 1660-9336. e-ISSN 1662-7482. Pieejams: doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.811.228

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