Abstract
Guided elastic wave (GEW) transducers for structural health monitoring (SHM) can act as transmitters (senders) and receivers (sensors). Their performance in both cases depends on the structure to which they are coupled. Therefore, they must be characterized as system transducer- structure. The characterization of the transducer-structure as transmitter using a Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer (SLDV) is straightforward, whereas its characterization as receiver is non-trivial. We propose to exploit electromechanical reciprocity, which is an identity between the transfer functions of electrical-to-mechanical and mechanical-to-electrical conversions. For this purpose, the well-known electromechanical reciprocity theorem was adapted to the following situation: The two reciprocal states are “electrical excitation and detection of the surface velocity at point P” and “mechanical excitation at P and measurement of the electrical quantities”. According to the derived formulas, the quantities on the mechanical and electrical sides must be chosen appropriately to ensure reciprocity as well as that the corresponding transfer functions are equal. We demonstrate the reciprocity with experimental data for correctly chosen transfer functions and show the deviation in reciprocity for a different choice. Furthermore, we propose further applications of electromechanical reciprocity.
Funder
Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Biochemistry,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Analytical Chemistry
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