Abstract
A novel approach to bonding a piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducer on a structure for health monitoring was developed to replace the traditional method of bonding PZT permanently. Several experiments demonstrated the feasibility of a reusable PZT transducer based on the adhesive film made using ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer (EAA). Additionally, the adhesion performance of using EAA for bonding PZT at different temperatures and the effect of heating temperature on reusable PZT transducer removal from the test structure was investigated. The effect of adhesive thickness on the mechanical property and the performance of PZT has also been explained. Experimental results showed that the optimized heating temperature of the adhesive film was around 140 °C due to the stability of PZT being sensitive to high temperature and the ease of removing PZT from the test structure without damage. An analysis of the varying thickness of the adhesive layer on PZT performance indicated that the amplitude of Lamb wave signals changed with adhesive thickness, increasing with greater adhesive thickness. Therefore, the adhesive layer made using EAA provides a new approach to conducting Lamb wave-based structural health monitoring.
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