Piezoelectric Materials

This book presents from theory to practice key applications of piezoelectric materials in the fields of structural health monitoring (SHM) energy harvesting and bio-mechanics. The chapters provide all the necessary details covering mathematical formulations sensor installation/distribution and instrumentation/hardware aspects duly supported by laboratory benchmark studies so as to enable the reader apply the ideas in real-world engineering. In a single volume it provides a very rigorous and comprehensive mathematical treatment of the PZT-bond-structure interaction. The readers not interested in mathematical details can directly switch over after a minimal study of basic concepts to the chapters covering practical applications such as fatigue and corrosion monitoring energy harvesting from civil-structures and plantar pressure monitoring. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Piezo-Transducers for Structural Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Evaluation 3. Piezo Bond-Structure Elasto-Dynamic Interaction: Refined Model 4. Piezo-Structure Elasto-dynamic Interaction: Continuum Model 5. Fatigue Damage Monitoring in Steel Joints Using Piezo-Transducers 6. Chloride Induced Rebar Corrosion Monitoring Using Piezo-Transducers 7. Carbonation Induced Corrosion Monitoring Using Piezo-Transducers 8. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting: Analytical Models 9. Energy Harvesting Using Thin PZT Patches on Real-Life Structures 10. Extension of Structural Health Monitoring Technologies to Bio-mechanics and Bio-medical Engineering 11. Piezoelectric Materials: What Lies in Future?