Embedded ultrasonic transducer design and wireless communication for intelligent monitoring of structures

G. Hayward; C.G. Benny; A. Gachagan; R. Farlow; B. Hailu; A. McNab; Demessie Girma

doi:10.1063/1.1570324

Embedded ultrasonic transducer design and wireless communication for intelligent monitoring of structures

G. Hayward, C.G. Benny, A. Gachagan, R. Farlow, B. Hailu, A. McNab, Demessie Girma

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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This paper describes a wireless demonstrator system designed for generation and detection of fundamental symmetrical Lamb waves (So) characterized by high velocity and low attenuation. The demonstrator comprises two piezoceramic transducers embedded within an epoxy plate, drive and pre-amplification electronics, a microcontroller and a communications interface. This arrangement can be configured to operate in an active pitch-catch or pulse-echo interrogation mode or as a passive acoustic emission (AE) sensor. The history of AE incidents, for example, may then be transmitted by Wireless link.

Original language	English
Pages	1623-1630
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1570324
Publication status	Published - Jul 2003
Event	29th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation - Bellingham, United States Duration: 14 Jul 2002 → 19 Jul 2002

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Conference	29th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Country/Territory	United States
City	Bellingham
Period	14/07/02 → 19/07/02

Keywords

embedded
ultrasonic transducer design
wireless communications
intelligent monitoring
structures
sensors
nondestructive testing
industrial and technological research and development
piezoelectric behavior
plates and shells
beams
ultrasonics
industrial processes
industrial products

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