Experimental Investigation on Improving Electromechanical Impedance Based Damage Detection by Temperature Compensation

Abstract:

The sensitivity of the electromechanical impedance to structural damage under varying temperature is investigated in this paper. An approach based on maximizing cross-correlation coefficients is used to compensate temperature effects. The experiments are carried out on an air plane conform carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) panel (500mm x 500mm x 5mm) instrumented with 26 piezoelectric transducers of two different sizes. In a first step, the panel is stepwise subjected to temperatures between-50 °C and 100 °C. The influence of varying temperatures on the measured impedances and the capability of the temperature compensation approach are analyzed. Next, the sensitivity to a 200 J impact damage is analyzed and it is set in relation to the influence of a temperature change. It becomes apparent the impact of the transducer size and location on the quality of the damage detection. The results further indicate a significant influence of temperature on the measured spectra. However, applying the temperature compensation algorithm can reduce the temperature effect at the same time increasing the transducer sensitivity within its measuring area. The paper concludes with a discussion about the trade-off between the sensing area, where damage should be detected, and the temperature range, in which damage within this area can reliably be detected.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 569-570)
• Pages: 1132-1139
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.569-570.1132
• Online since: July 2013
• Authors: Thomas Siebel, Mihail Lilov
• Keywords: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer/Plastic (CFRP), Electromechanical Impedance, Piezoelectric Transducer, Temperature Compensation

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