Structural health monitoring using polymer-based capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs).
Ultrasonics
; 51(8): 870-7, 2011 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Transducers based on a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) design have been fabricated using a rapid prototyping technique. This results in a device that is constructed principally from polymers, in a process which is simple and inexpensive. The resultant devices can be attached to the surfaces of solids. Their peak sensitivity is in the 80-100 kHz range, making them ideal for applications such as acoustic emission and structural health monitoring. Good low frequency sensitivity leads to applications in vibration monitoring.
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Ultrasonics
Ano de publicação:
2011
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