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 …

Ultrasonic guided wave (UGW) is one of the most commonly used technologies for non-
destructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM) of structural …

The demands for wearable technologies continue to grow and novel approaches for
powering these devices are being enabled by the advent of new energy materials and novel …

Although current sensing techniques have made remarkable achievements in solving many
practical structural health monitoring problems, there exists a long-standing problem, that is …

This study conducted experimental and numerical investigations on piezoelectric wafer
active sensors (PWASs) bonded to an aluminum plate to assess the impact of bonding …

This paper carried out numerical and experimental investigations to interpret the heating-
time effect on the monitoring of concrete structures using surface-bonded piezoelectric (PZT) …

The bolted spherical joint (BSJ) has wide applications in various space grid structures. The
bar and the bolted sphere are connected by the high-strength bolt inside the joint. High …

Concrete structures in service are often subjected to environmental/operational temperature
effects, which change their inherent properties and also inflict a challenge to their extrinsic …

Piezoelectric (PZT) sensors employed in the electro-mechanical impedance/admittance
(EMI/EMA) technique are vulnerable to temperature variations when applied to concrete …

In the context of an embedded structural health monitoring (SHM) system, two methods of
transducer integration into the core of a laminate carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) …