Matched ultrasonic transducers and assessment of transducer performance for robust structural health monitoring applications

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Kirikera, Goutham R. [1 ]
Sun, Li [1 ]
Kil, Hyun-Gwon [1 ]
Krishnaswamy, Sridhar [1 ]
Achenbach, Jan D. [1 ]
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[1] Northwestern Univ, Ctr Qual Engn & Failure Prevent, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION, VOL 27A AND 27B | 2008年 / 975卷
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transducer health monitoring; series connected transducer array; parallel connected transducer array;
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Active health monitoring using Lamb wave-based mode-selective actuation and reception involves the use of a pair of matched multi-element transducer arrays. Typically, the elements of the transducer array are all connected in a parallel configuration and are used for both excitation and reception. It is shown in this paper that a series connected transducer array results in better performance. In addition, an approach for transducer health monitoring is studied to determine the robustness of the transducers in the overall health monitoring system.
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页码:1436 / 1444
页数:9
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