Saqlain Abbas^1,2,*, Fucai Li¹, Zulkarnain Abbas^3,4, Taufeeq Ur Rehman Abbasi⁵, Xiaotong Tu⁶, Riffat Asim Pasha⁷

Sound & Vibration, Vol.55, No.1, pp. 1-18, 2021, DOI:10.32604/sv.2021.013754

Abstract Structural health monitoring (SHM) is recognized as an efficient tool to interpret the reliability of a wide variety of infrastructures. To identify the structural abnormality by utilizing the electromechanical coupling property of piezoelectric transducers, the electromechanical impedance (EMI) approach is preferred. However, in real-time SHM applications, the monitored structure is exposed to several varying environmental and operating conditions (EOCs). The previous study has recognized the temperature variations as one of the serious EOCs that affect the optimal performance of the damage inspection process. In this framework, an experimental setup is developed in current research to identify the presence of fatigue… More >

J. Sladek¹, V. Sladek¹, P. Stanak¹, P.H. Wen², S.N. Atluri³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.85, No.6, pp. 543-572, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2012.085.543

Abstract A meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method is applied to solve laminate piezoelectric plates described by the Reissner-Mindlin theory. The piezoelectric layer can be used as a sensor or actuator. A pure mechanical load or electric potential are prescribed on the top of the laminated plate. Both stationary and transient dynamic loads are analyzed here. The bending moment, the shear force and normal force expressions are obtained by integration through the laminated plate for the considered constitutive equations in each lamina. Then, the original three-dimensional (3-D) thick plate problem is reduced to a two-dimensional (2-D) problem. Nodal points are randomly distributed… More >