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Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors: with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors

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Author:   Victor Giurgiutiu (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780128224458

ISBN 10:   0128224452
Pages:   1056
Publication Date:   01 July 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Electroactive and Magnetoactive Materials 3. Vibration Fundamentals 4. Vibration of Plates 5. Elastic Waves 6. Guided Waves 7. Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors -- PWAS Transducers 8. Coupling of PWAS Transducers to the Monitored Structure 9. PWAS Resonators 10. Wave Tuning with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors 11. High-Frequency Vibration SHM with PWAS Modal Sensors -- the Electromechanical Impedance Method 12. Wave Propagation SHM with PWAS Transducers 13. In-Situ Phased Arrays with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors 14. Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition for Structural Health Monitoring with PWAS Transducers 15. Case Studies of Multi-method SHM with PWAS Transducers: Damage ID in Experimental Signals Appendix A: Mathematical Prerequisites Appendix B: Elasticity Notations and Equations References

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Dr. Giurgiutiu is an expert in the field of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). He leads the Laboratory for Active Materials and Smart Structures at the University of South Carolina. He is a regular contributor of papers to leading conferences in the area, received the award Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year 2003 and is Associate Editor of the international journal, Structural Health Monitoring.

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