Abstract

This study investigates the potential of PVDF (polyvinyldiene fluoride) piezoelectric polymer material as a strain/load sensor for engineering structures. The PVDF sensor can be made in any shape/size and are flexible. In addition, the PVDF sensor is passive and offers the advantage of requiring no power to function. PVDF sensors were bonded to an aluminum specimen representative of an engineering structure and the voltage output of the PVDF sensors was found to vary linearly with the applied tensile load. This paper evaluates the possibility to make develop cheap, reliable and efficient sensors for structural health monitoring of engineering structures.

Details

Title
Piezoelectric PVDF sensor as a reliable device for strain/load monitoring of engineering structures
Author
Fotouhi, S 1 ; Akrami, R 2 ; Ferreira-Green, K 3 ; Naser, G A M 3 ; Fotouhi, M 3 ; Fragassa, C 4 

 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran 
 University of Peyamnoor, Tehran, Iran 
 Department of Design and Mathematics, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK 
 Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Oct 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2561391796
Copyright
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