Abstract
Interest is growing in the field of structural health monitoring by Acoustic Emission (AE). AE monitoring of component health enables maintenance to be scheduled when it is needed thus preventing frequent and unnecessary servicing or unplanned downtime due to component failure. AE testing has many applications including monitoring civil engineering structures and validating component quality post-production. A novel thick film Acoustic Emission sensor is presented. AE sensors were fabricated by creating and pattering thick film lead zirconate titanate (PZT), a piezoelectric ceramic; using a powder/sol composite ink deposition technique in conjunction with mechanical patterning of the subsequent films. The resultant AE sensors exhibit a comparable response to commercially available AE sensors. Comparative thick film and commercial sensors results will be reviewed and discussed.
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