Title
Piezoelectric Transducer-Based Structural Health Monitoring for Aircraft Applications.
Abstract
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is being widely evaluated by the aerospace industry as a method to improve the safety and reliability of aircraft structures and also reduce operational cost. Built-in sensor networks on an aircraft structure can provide crucial information regarding the condition, damage state and/or service environment of the structure. Among the various types of transducers used for SHM, piezoelectric materials are widely used because they can be employed as either actuators or sensors due to their piezoelectric effect and vice versa. This paper provides a brief overview of piezoelectric transducer-based SHM system technology developed for aircraft applications in the past two decades. The requirements for practical implementation and use of structural health monitoring systems in aircraft application are then introduced. State-of-the-art techniques for solving some practical issues, such as sensor network integration, scalability to large structures, reliability and effect of environmental conditions, robust damage detection and quantification are discussed. Development trend of SHM technology is also discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/s19030545
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
structural health monitoring,piezoelectric transducer,sensor network,damage detection,aircraft
Aerospace,Transducer,Automotive engineering,Structural health monitoring,Electronic engineering,Operational costs,Engineering,Wireless sensor network,Actuator,Piezoelectricity,Scalability
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
3
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.43
12
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xinlin Qing1109.18
Wenzhuo Li2315.70
Yishou Wang333.22
Hu Sun423.51