Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions
Structural fatigue can lead to catastrophic failures in various engineering applications and must be properly monitored and effectively managed. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of recent developments in structural fatigue monitoring using piezoelectric-based sensors. Compared to altern...
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| description | Structural fatigue can lead to catastrophic failures in various engineering applications and must be properly monitored and effectively managed. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of recent developments in structural fatigue monitoring using piezoelectric-based sensors. Compared to alternative sensing technologies, piezoelectric sensors offer distinct advantages, including compact size, lightweight design, low cost, flexible formats, and high sensitivity to dynamic loads. The paper reviews the working principles and recent advancements in passive piezoelectric-based sensors, such as acoustic emission wave and strain measurements, and active piezoelectric-based sensors, including ultrasonic wave and dynamic characteristic measurements. These measurements, captured under in-service dynamic strain, can be correlated to the remaining structural fatigue life. Case studies are presented, highlighting applications of fatigue life monitoring in metals, polymeric composites, and reinforced concrete structures. The paper concludes by identifying challenges and opportunities for advancing piezoelectric-based sensors for fatigue life monitoring in engineering structures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-42179f76790b4d31bfea49cc6b16c1212025-01-24T13:48:33ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-01-0125233410.3390/s25020334Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future DirectionsAliakbar Ghaderiaram0Erik Schlangen1Mohammad Fotouhi2Microlab, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The NetherlandsMicrolab, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The NetherlandsMicrolab, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The NetherlandsStructural fatigue can lead to catastrophic failures in various engineering applications and must be properly monitored and effectively managed. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of recent developments in structural fatigue monitoring using piezoelectric-based sensors. Compared to alternative sensing technologies, piezoelectric sensors offer distinct advantages, including compact size, lightweight design, low cost, flexible formats, and high sensitivity to dynamic loads. The paper reviews the working principles and recent advancements in passive piezoelectric-based sensors, such as acoustic emission wave and strain measurements, and active piezoelectric-based sensors, including ultrasonic wave and dynamic characteristic measurements. These measurements, captured under in-service dynamic strain, can be correlated to the remaining structural fatigue life. Case studies are presented, highlighting applications of fatigue life monitoring in metals, polymeric composites, and reinforced concrete structures. The paper concludes by identifying challenges and opportunities for advancing piezoelectric-based sensors for fatigue life monitoring in engineering structures.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/2/334fatigue lifemonitoringpiezoelectric sensoractive sensorspassive sensorsdynamic loads |
| spellingShingle | Aliakbar Ghaderiaram Erik Schlangen Mohammad Fotouhi Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions Sensors fatigue life monitoring piezoelectric sensor active sensors passive sensors dynamic loads |
| title | Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions |
| title_full | Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions |
| title_fullStr | Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions |
| title_short | Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions |
| title_sort | structural fatigue life monitoring with piezoelectric based sensors fundamentals current advances and future directions |
| topic | fatigue life monitoring piezoelectric sensor active sensors passive sensors dynamic loads |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/2/334 |
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