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PVDF interdigitated transducer for generating and detecting Lamb waves in plates

  • Gu, Hua (Civil and Materials Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Chicago) ;
  • Lloyd, George M. (ACTA Ins.) ;
  • Wang, Ming L. (Civil and Materials Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • Received : 2006.01.01
  • Accepted : 2006.04.29
  • Published : 2008.05.25
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Abstract

Piezoelectric materials have been widely used in ultrasonic nondestructive testing (NDT). PZT ceramics can be used to receive and generate surface acoustic waves. It is a common application to attach PZT transducers to the surface of structures for detecting cracks in nondestructive testing. However, not until recently have piezoelectric polymers attracted more and more attention to be the material for interdigitated (IDT) surface and guided-wave transducers. In this paper, an interdigitated gold-on-polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) transducer for actuating and sensing Lamb waves has been introduced. A specific etching technology is employed for making the surface electrodes into a certain finger pattern, the spacings of which yield different single mode responses of Lamb waves. Experiments have been performed on steel and carbon fiber composite plates. Results from PVDF IDT sensors have been compared with those from PZT transducers for verification.

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