A structural health monitoring system with ultrasonic MEMS transducers

Rasim O. Guldiken; Onursal Onen; Mustafa Gul; F. Necati Catbas

doi:10.1117/12.881036

13 April 2011 A structural health monitoring system with ultrasonic MEMS transducers

Rasim O. Guldiken, Onursal Onen, Mustafa Gul, F. Necati Catbas

Proceedings Volume 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011; 79810F (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881036
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we will summarize our efforts on exploring guided acoustic waves generated by MEMS ultrasonic transducers enabling a non-destructive, ultra-low powered, wireless SHM system. State-of-the-art SHM systems employ bulk piezoelectric transducers. However, they are not environmentally benign (contain lead), not cost feasible for monitoring every bridge in the U.S., require significant power for operation, lack integration capability for wireless interrogation, need precise matching layers, and have only 25-50 percent fractional bandwidth, limiting the detection resolution. To alleviate most of these shortcomings, a low impedance MEMS transducer, called a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT), is explored.

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Rasim O. Guldiken, Onursal Onen, Mustafa Gul, and F. Necati Catbas "A structural health monitoring system with ultrasonic MEMS transducers", Proc. SPIE 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011, 79810F (13 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881036

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