High-fidelity acoustic-emission sensor/preamplifier subsystems: modeling and experiments

Author

Fortunko, C.M. ; Hamstad, M.A. ; Fitting, D.W.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Standards & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1992

Firstpage

327

Abstract

A computer model is used to evaluate the suitability of five piezoelectric materials for use in broadband (10 kHz-2 MHz) acoustic-emission (AE) `point´ sensors. The computer model accounts for the effects of the electrical loading of the piezoelectric material by the input impedance of the preamplifier and the mechanical loading by the specimen and backing materials. The model predictions are compared with results of measurements, which are normalized using the NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) `conical´ transducer. The effects of selecting different piezoelectric materials and transducer configurations are evaluated experimentally and analytically. It is shown that materials exhibiting the highest dielectric constant are best suited for high-performance AE sensor applications

Keywords

acoustic emission testing; electric sensing devices; piezoelectric transducers; preamplifiers; 10 kHz to 2 MHz; acoustic-emission sensor/preamplifier subsystems; computer model; electrical loading; high-fidelity systems; high-performance AE sensor; input impedance; mechanical loading; piezoelectric material; transducer configurations; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic sensors; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Impedance; Mechanical sensors; Piezoelectric materials; Piezoelectric transducers; Preamplifiers; Predictive models;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 1992. Proceedings., IEEE 1992

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0562-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.1992.275942

Filename

275942