Structural health monitoring using carbon nanotube/epoxy composites and strain-field pattern recognition

Erick Giraldo-Pérez, Joham Alvarez-Montoya, Hader Vladimir Martínez Tejada, Julián Sierra-Pérez

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Abstract

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) aims to reduce costs and uncertainties in maintenance of aero-structures and wind turbines blades by using smart sensors. In this work, a Carbon Nanotube (CNT)/epoxy nanocomposite patch was developed for SHM based on strain field pattern recognition techniques in engineering structures. This relies on the piezoresistive capabilities of CNT nanocomposites and on the fact that damage occurrence produces changes in the strain field that can be detected by means of pattern recognition. Experimental tests were carried out by bonding the patch to an aluminum I-beam subjected to different load magnitudes in three-point bending. Resistance measurements were acquired from the patch using a multiplexed impedance tester in order to obtain 64 measurements that are correlated to strains in different directions. Then, the same experimental tests were carried out after inducing an artificial damage. The preliminary results showed that standardization needs to be performed to decouple changes due to the load magnitude from those produced by damage occurrence. In addition, slight changes in the strain field were noted in the standardized data for the damage condition. Future work will consist of implementing pattern recognition techniques to automatically detect such changes associated with damage occurrence and validate the methodology with different kind of damages.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication3rd joint International Conference on Energy Engineering and Smart Materials, ICEESM 2018 and International Conference on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in Energy, ICNNE 2018
EditorsTatiana Perova
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Print)9780735417205
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Aug 2018
Event3rd joint International Conference on Energy Engineering and Smart Materials, ICEESM 2018 and International Conference on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in Energy, ICNNE 2018 - Milan, Italy
Duration: 22 Jun 201824 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2004
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference3rd joint International Conference on Energy Engineering and Smart Materials, ICEESM 2018 and International Conference on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in Energy, ICNNE 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityMilan
Period22/06/1824/06/18

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  • Eventos científicos con componente de apropiación

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