Temperature Compensation Improvements for Impedance Based Structural Health Monitoring

Structural Health Monitoring is a useful tool for reducing maintenance costs and improving the life and performance of engineering structures. Impedance-Based SHM utilizes the coupled electromechanical behavior of piezoelectric materials to detect adverse changes and material and mechanical failure...

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Main Author: Konchuba, Nicholas
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44455
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08252011-142532/