Acoustic Matching Characteristics of Annular Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Sensor

Using intelligent materials and sensors to monitor the safety of concrete structures is a hot topic in the field of civil engineering. In order to realize the omni-directional monitoring of concrete structural damage, the authors of this paper designed and fabricated an embedded annular piezoelectri...

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Main Authors: Haoran Li, Yan Hu, Laibo Li, Dongyu Xu
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Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.pan.pl/Content/123509/PDF/aoa.2022.141656.pdf
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description Using intelligent materials and sensors to monitor the safety of concrete structures is a hot topic in the field of civil engineering. In order to realize the omni-directional monitoring of concrete structural damage, the authors of this paper designed and fabricated an embedded annular piezoelectric ultrasonic sensor using the annular piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramic as a sensing element and epoxy resin as the matching and the backing layers. The influence of different matching and backing layers thickness on the acoustic characteristic parameters of the sensor were studied. The results show that the resonant frequency corresponding to the axial mode of annular piezoelectric ceramics moves toward the high frequency direction with the decrease of the height of piezoelectric ceramics, and the radial vibration mode increases as well as the impedance peak. With the thickness of the backing layer increases from 1 mm to 2 mm, the radial resolution of the annular piezoelectric ultrasonic sensor is enhanced, the pulse width is reduced by 39% comparing with the sensors which backing layer is 1 mm, and the head wave amplitude and −3 dB bandwidth are increased by 61% and 66%, respectively. When the matching layer thickness is 3 mm, the sensor has the highest amplitude response of 269 mV and higher sensitivity.
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spelling doaj-art-5e518519d3c144ebbbf2a98a40a520eb2025-08-20T03:56:17ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2022-06-01vol. 47No 2275284https://doi.org/10.24425/aoa.2022.141656Acoustic Matching Characteristics of Annular Piezoelectric Ultrasonic SensorHaoran Li0Yan Hu1Laibo Li2Dongyu Xu3Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Preparation and Measurement of Building Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, PR ChinaShandong Provincial Key Lab of Preparation and Measurement of Building Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, PR ChinaUsing intelligent materials and sensors to monitor the safety of concrete structures is a hot topic in the field of civil engineering. In order to realize the omni-directional monitoring of concrete structural damage, the authors of this paper designed and fabricated an embedded annular piezoelectric ultrasonic sensor using the annular piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramic as a sensing element and epoxy resin as the matching and the backing layers. The influence of different matching and backing layers thickness on the acoustic characteristic parameters of the sensor were studied. The results show that the resonant frequency corresponding to the axial mode of annular piezoelectric ceramics moves toward the high frequency direction with the decrease of the height of piezoelectric ceramics, and the radial vibration mode increases as well as the impedance peak. With the thickness of the backing layer increases from 1 mm to 2 mm, the radial resolution of the annular piezoelectric ultrasonic sensor is enhanced, the pulse width is reduced by 39% comparing with the sensors which backing layer is 1 mm, and the head wave amplitude and −3 dB bandwidth are increased by 61% and 66%, respectively. When the matching layer thickness is 3 mm, the sensor has the highest amplitude response of 269 mV and higher sensitivity.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/123509/PDF/aoa.2022.141656.pdfpiezoelectric ceramicsultrasonic sensorsacoustic matching characteristics
spellingShingle Haoran Li
Yan Hu
Laibo Li
Dongyu Xu
Acoustic Matching Characteristics of Annular Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Sensor
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piezoelectric ceramics
ultrasonic sensors
acoustic matching characteristics
title Acoustic Matching Characteristics of Annular Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Sensor
title_full Acoustic Matching Characteristics of Annular Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Sensor
title_fullStr Acoustic Matching Characteristics of Annular Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Sensor
title_full_unstemmed Acoustic Matching Characteristics of Annular Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Sensor
title_short Acoustic Matching Characteristics of Annular Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Sensor
title_sort acoustic matching characteristics of annular piezoelectric ultrasonic sensor
topic piezoelectric ceramics
ultrasonic sensors
acoustic matching characteristics
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