Piezocapacitive sensing for structural health monitoring in adhesive joints

Christian Stetco, Omid Sam-Daliri, Lisa Marie Faller, Hubert Zangl

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Abstract

Adhesive joints are becoming increasingly important in engineering, especially in the field of mobility applications such as automotive and aircraft. As done in recent applications, loading the adhesive with carbon nanoparticles can increase the mechanical strength of the joints. Additionally, adhesives containing carbon nanoparticles also exhibit a piezoresisitive and piezocapacitive effect, i.e. the electrical resistance and the electrical capacitance change when mechanical stress is applied to the joint. In this paper we focus on the piezocapacitive effect and present experimental results for a setup using single lap joint specimen comprising two aluminum plates overlappingly connected using conductively loaded adhesive. It is shown that the system can detect forces as low as 0.4 N.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationI2MTC 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Proceedings
ISBN (Electronic)9781538634608
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2019 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2019 - Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: 20 May 201923 May 2019

Publication series

NameI2MTC 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Proceedings
Volume2019-May

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2019
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period20/05/1923/05/19

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