Practical issues in the implementation of electro-mechanical impedance technique for NDE

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4935, Issue , 2002, Pages 484-494

  Bhalla, Suresh ^a   Naidu, Akshay S K ^a   Wee Ong, Chin ^a   Soh, Chee Kiong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conductance; Damage; Electro mechanical impedance (EMI) technique; Piezoelectric ceramic (PZT) patch; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BANDWIDTH; CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SENSORS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0038640343     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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