Recently, there has been a growing interest in deploying smart materials as sensing
components of structural health monitoring systems. In this arena, piezoelectric materials …

Structural health monitoring technology can assess the status and integrity of structures in
real time by advanced sensors, evaluate the remaining life of structure, and make the …

With the breadth of applications and analysis performed over the last few decades, it would
not be an exaggeration to call piezoelectric materials “the top of the crop” of smart materials …

Electromechanical impedance–based structural health monitoring method had attracted
several researchers in the recent past for aerospace, civil, mechanical, timber and biological …

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the interdisciplinary engineering field devoted to the
monitoring and assessment of structural health and durability. SHM technology integrates …

The birth of smart materials such as piezoelectric (PZT) transducers has aided in
revolutionizing the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) based on non-destructive …

In this paper, some recent piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) progress achieved in
our laboratory for active materials and smart structures (LAMSS) at the University of South …

The active sensing methods using piezoelectric materials have been extensively
investigated for the efficient use in structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. Relying …

A sensor diagnostics and validation process that performs in situ monitoring of the
operational status of piezoelectric (PZT) active-sensors in structural health monitoring (SHM) …

Piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) used in structural health monitoring (SHM)
applications are able to detect structural damage using Lamb waves. PWAS are small …