Large-area piezoceramic coating with IDT electrodes for ultrasonic sensing applications

Vivek T. Rathod; D. Roy Mahapatra; A. Antony Jeyaseelan; Soma Dutta

doi:10.1117/12.2011495

11 April 2013 Large-area piezoceramic coating with IDT electrodes for ultrasonic sensing applications

Vivek T. Rathod, D. Roy Mahapatra, A. Antony Jeyaseelan, Soma Dutta

Proceedings Volume 8693, Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration 2013; 86930L (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2011495
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the present paper, the ultrasonic strain sensing performance of large-area piezoceramic coating with Inter Digital Transducer (IDT) electrodes is studied. The piezoceramic coating is prepared using slurry coating technique and the piezoelectric phase is achieved by poling under DC field. To study the sensing performance of the piezoceramic coating with IDT electrodes for strain induced by the guided waves, the piezoceramic coating is fabricated on the surface of a beam specimen at one end and the ultrasonic guided waves are launched with a piezoelectric wafer bonded on another end. Often a wider frequency band of operation is needed for the effective implementation of the sensors in the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of various structures, for different types of damages. A wider frequency band of operation is achieved in the present study by considering the variation in the number of IDT electrodes in the contribution of voltage for the induced dynamic strain. In the present work, the fabricated piezoceramic coatings with IDT electrodes have been characterized for dynamic strain sensing applications using guided wave technique at various different frequencies. Strain levels of the launched guided wave are varied by varying the magnitude of the input voltage sent to the actuator. Sensitivity variation with the variation in the strain levels of guided wave is studied for the combination of different number of IDT electrodes. Piezoelectric coefficient ₁₁ e is determined at different frequencies and at different strain levels using the guided wave technique.

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Vivek T. Rathod, D. Roy Mahapatra, A. Antony Jeyaseelan, and Soma Dutta "Large-area piezoceramic coating with IDT electrodes for ultrasonic sensing applications", Proc. SPIE 8693, Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration 2013, 86930L (11 April 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2011495

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