Experiment of receiving ultrasonic wave by using adhesion and a contact type PVDF sensor

Issue title: Proceedings from the 16th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM 2013)

Guest editors: Xavier Maldague and Toshiyuki Takagi

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Tone, Ryota^{a; *} | Tanaka, Yoshikazu^a | Fujimoto, Yukio^a

Affiliations: [a] Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan | Université Laval, Canada | Tohoku University, Japan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Ryota Tone, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan. Tel.: +81 82 424 7814; Fax: +81 82 422 7194; E-mail: m122154@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Abstract: A nondestructive method that evaluates the distribution of plastic strain using an ultrasonic wave would be useful for estimating a structure's state prior to crack development. The authors have proposed an ultrasonic wave measurement method by combining an EMAT and PVDF, in which the couplant is not needed if a contact-type PVDF sensor is used. This paper reports on the comparison and examination of adhesion-type and contact-type PVDF sensors combined with an EMAT for ultrasonic wave transmission.

Keywords: EMAT, PVDF sensor, SH wave

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-141827

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 45, no. 1-4, pp. 171-177, 2014