Piezoelectric sensing is of increasing interest for high-temperature applications in aerospace, automotive, power plants and material processing due to its low cost, compact sensor size and simple signal conditioning, in comparison with other high-temperature sensing techniques. This paper presented an overview of high-temperature piezoelectric sensing techniques. Firstly, different types of hi...

Piezoelectric materials can be used as actuators for the active vibration control of smart structural systems. In this work, piezoelectric patches are surface bonded to a composite laminate plate and used as vibration actuators. A static analysis based on the piezoelectricity and elasticity is conducted to evaluate the loads induced by the piezoelectric actuators to the host structure. The load...

We synthesized grain-oriented lead-free piezoelectric materials in (K0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3-xNa0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (KBT-BT-NBT) system with high degree of texturing along the [001]c (c-cubic) crystallographic orientation. We demonstrate giant field induced strain (~0.48%) with an ultra-low hysteresis along with enhanced piezoelectric response (d33 ~ 190pC/N) and high temperature stability (~160°C). Trans...

High performance nanopositioning stages, used in a variety of applications such as atomic force microscopy and three-dimensional nanometer-scale lithography, require stringent position control over relatively large displacements and a broad frequency range. Piezoelectric materials, which are typically employed in nanopositioining stages, provide excellent position control when driven at relativ...

Tissues like bone and cartilage are remodeled dynamically for their functional requirements by signaling pathways. The signals are controlled by the cells and extracellular matrix and transmitted through an electrical and chemical synapse. Scaffold-based tissue engineering therapies largely disturb the natural signaling pathways, due to their rigidity towards signal conduction, despite their th...

The potential of piezoelectric ceramics on repair of delaminated structures subjected to a static loading is researched in the letter. A sliding fracture mode on two tips of a delaminated beam structure was uncovered by the author in a previous report. The stress singularity due to the fracture mode at the tips is attempted to be mended with a pair of piezoelectric patches by virtue of their el...

The local atomic structure of high performance piezoelectric materials is currently being investigated computationally. These materials are expected to play an important role in the next generation of sensors and actuators, used for example, in aircraft for active vibration and noise control. Many sensors and actuators are composed of piezoelectric materials, since they can transform mechanical...

Piezoelectric films or coatings are applied widely as sensors and actuators in smart materials and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). Analysis of these delicate thin piezoelectric solids are very important for the design and evaluations of such advanced materials. In this thesis, based on the conventional boundary integral equation (CBIE) formulation for piezoelectricity, an efficient, re...

Methods in detecting damages in structural components and monitoring their health is on the way to develop in today’s technology. Approaches; nondestructive towards the part or with the lowest risk; which locate the damage and even diagnose its size, are accentuating the importance of smart materials. One of these materials are piezoelectric that is used both as transducers and actuators in res...

The development of lead-free perovskite piezoelectrics as environmentally compatible alternatives to lead zirconate titanate (PZT) has received significant attention recently. Two main categories of lead free perovskite piezoelectric ceramic systems were investigated as potential replacements to lead zirconate titantate (PZT) for actuator devices. First, solid solutions based on Li, Ta, and Sb ...