Three-Dimensional Electromechanical Impedance Model for Multiple Piezoceramic Transducers—Structure Interaction

In the last few decades, piezoceramic (PZT) transducers have been extensively used either as actuators or as sensors in the vibration and noise control of aero, civil, and mechanical (ACM) systems. Only in the last decade, PZT transducers have been used in the electromechanical impedance (EMI) models as both sensor and actuator for the structural health monitoring of ACM systems. In the EMI models, the PZT transducers are generally surface bonded to the host structure and are then subjected to one-dimensional (1D) voltage to interrogate the structure for the desired frequency range. The interrogation results in the prediction of electromechanical admittance signatures. These signatures serve as indicators of the health/integrity of the structure. However, the existing single PZT–structure interaction models consider the PZT transducer to be negligible in mass and thus ignored. Moreover, they impose restrictions on the PZT shape, size, and isotropy. This paper presents a novel semianalytical multiple three...

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