Structural Health Monitoring With Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors

Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors provides an authoritative theoretical and experimental guide to this fast-paced, interdisciplinary area with exciting applications across a range of industries. This book begins with a detailed yet digestible consolidation of the fundamental theory of structural health monitoring (SHM). Coverage of fracture and failure basics, relevant material properties, vibration modes in different structures, and different wave types provides all the background needed to understand SHM and apply it to real-world structural challenges. Moving from theory to experimental practice, this book provides the most comprehensive coverage available on using piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) to detect and quantify damage in structures.

Updates to this edition include a new chapter on composite materials and new sections on vibration of 1-D composite structures, axial vibration of rectangular plates, shear waves in plates, PWAS stress and strain sensors, and the power and energy of Rayleigh waves, SH waves and Lamb waves.

• Comprehensive coverage of underlying theory such as piezoelectricity, vibration, and wave propagation alongside experimental techniques
• Includes step-by-step guidance on the use of piezoelectric wafer active sensors (PWAS) to detect and quantify damage in structures, including clear information on how to interpret sensor signal patterns
• Updates to this edition include a new chapter on composites and new sections on advances in vibration and wave theory, bringing this established reference in line with the cutting edge in this emerging area