Self-powered wireless impedance sensing for structural health monitoring

Yue Feng*, Xusong Tang, Bohan Shao, Yanhui Han

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Abstract

Structural damage is often accompanied by equipment failures and safety incidents. For example, aircraft accidents often result from wing breaks and landing gear damage. The self-powered wireless sensing technology is ideal tool for monitoring structural health in multi-locations. In this work, we designed an airflow-driven energy harvester (EH) and integrate into wireless impedance sensing system. Also, the Energy Management and control Circuit (EMC) is designed to provide a stable DC voltage for intermittently driven sensing system. The experimental results show that the self-powered impedance sensing system can operate at every 3 min at a wind speed of 8 m/s. The system error is within 5% compared to the Agilent 4294A (Precision Impedance Analyzer) and the characteristics of the material cracks could be successfully detected and analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems, ICUS 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages51-55
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781728137926
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2019
Event2019 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems, ICUS 2019 - Beijing, China
Duration: 17 Oct 201919 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems, ICUS 2019

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems, ICUS 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period17/10/1919/10/19

Keywords

  • Airflow energy harvesting
  • Self-powered
  • Structure health monitor

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