Smart Paint Sensor for Monitoring Structural Vibrations

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dc.contributor.advisorBAZ, AMRen_US
dc.contributor.authorALSAFFAR, YASER A.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-19T07:19:25Z
dc.date.available2011-02-19T07:19:25Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractA class of smart paint sensors is proposed for monitoring the structural vibration of beams. The sensor is manufactured from an epoxy resin which is mixed with carbon black nano-particles to make it electrically conducting and sensitive to mechanical excitations. A comprehensive theoretical and experimental investigation is presented to understand the underlying phenomena governing the operation of this class of paint sensors and evaluate its performance characteristics. A theoretical model is developed to model the electromechanical behavior of the sensor system as a lumped-parameter system using the Debye and the Cole-Cole equations. The sensor equations are integrated also with a finite element model of a base beam to which the sensor is bonded to. The resulting multi-field model is utilized to predict the behavior of both the sensor and the beam when subjected to a wide variety of vibration excitations. The predictions of the multi-field finite element model are validated experimentally and the behavior of the sensor is evaluated both in the time and the frequency domains. The performance of the sensor is compared with the performance of conventional strain gages to emphasize its potential and merits. The presented techniques are currently being extended to sensors that can monitor the vibration and structural power flow of two dimensional structures.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11293
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMechanicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCarbon Black Nanocompositeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledConducting Polymeren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSmart Paint Strain Sensoren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledVibration Monitoringen_US
dc.titleSmart Paint Sensor for Monitoring Structural Vibrationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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