Development and Prospect of Smart Materials and Structures for Aerospace Sensing Systems and Applications

Wenjie Wang*, Yue Xiang, Jingfeng Yu, Long Yang

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Abstract

The rapid development of the aviation industry has put forward higher and higher requirements for material properties, and the research on smart material structure has also received widespread attention. Smart materials (e.g., piezoelectric materials, shape memory materials, and giant magnetostrictive materials) have unique physical properties and excellent integration properties, and they perform well as sensors or actuators in the aviation industry, providing a solid material foundation for various intelligent applications in the aviation industry. As a popular smart material, piezoelectric materials have a large number of application research in structural health monitoring, energy harvest, vibration and noise control, damage control, and other fields. As a unique material with deformation ability, shape memory materials have their own outstanding performance in the field of shape control, low-shock release, vibration control, and impact absorption. At the same time, as a material to assist other structures, it also has important applications in the fields of sealing connection and structural self-healing. Giant magnetostrictive material is a representative advanced material, which has unique application advantages in guided wave monitoring, vibration control, energy harvest, and other directions. In addition, giant magnetostrictive materials themselves have high-resolution output, and there are many studies in the direction of high-precision actuators. Some smart materials are summarized and discussed in the above application directions, aiming at providing a reference for the initial development of follow-up related research.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1545
JournalSensors
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2023

Keywords

  • aerospace industry
  • giant magnetostrictive materials
  • piezoelectric materials
  • shape memory materials
  • smart materials

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