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Strain quantifies the deformation of a material under force, typically measured as normal strain, which represents the change in length when compared with the original length. Electrical strain gauges are used for enhanced accuracy. These devices consist of a conductive wire mounted on a paper backing that adheres to the material's surface. These gauges operate on the piezoresistive effect, where the wire's electrical resistance changes in response to mechanical deformation. The strain gauge...
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Impedance-Domain Decoupled Single-Architecture Multimodal Strain Sensor Array for Full-Field Strain Mapping.

Hao Yin1, Tao Wang2, Wangze Ni3

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

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A simplified multimodal sensor uses a single piezoelectric architecture for decoupled dynamic and static strain sensing. This novel approach enables accurate structural health monitoring with high-fidelity strain mapping.

Keywords:
mechanical structural health monitoringmultimodal flexible sensor arraypiezoelectric‐piezoresistive integrationspatiotemporal deformation mappingstrain and strain‐rate sensing

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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Sensor Technology

Background:

  • Multimodal strain sensors offer expanded sensing capabilities but often suffer from complex designs and crosstalk.
  • Existing devices lack intrinsic pathways for capturing dynamic strain information, limiting their application scope.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a simplified multimodal sensor with intrinsically decoupled sensing pathways for dynamic and static strain.
  • To enable high-fidelity structural health assessment through spatiotemporal strain mapping.

Main Methods:

  • A novel sandwich-type piezoelectric architecture was designed, integrating a microcrack-based piezoresistive layer as both electrode and sensing element.
  • Ultrasonic spray coating was employed for scalable fabrication of large-area sensor arrays (>10 cm × 10 cm).
  • Impedance-domain separation was utilized within a shared electrical channel to decouple piezoresistive (strain magnitude) and piezoelectric (strain rate) outputs.

    • Main Results:

    • The sensor achieved intrinsically decoupled dynamic-static strain sensing, with piezoelectric output reflecting strain rate and piezoresistive output reflecting strain magnitude.
    • The piezoresistive layer demonstrated an ultrawide linear strain range (0.001%-45%) and a high dynamic response (up to 700 Hz).
    • Fabricated sensor arrays exhibited uniform morphology and reliable performance, enabling spatiotemporal mapping of micron-scale deformations.

    Conclusions:

    • The simplified multimodal sensor architecture offers a robust framework for comprehensive structural health assessment.
    • The developed technology facilitates reliable identification of failure sites under vibrational excitations.
    • This approach paves the way for advanced, high-fidelity monitoring systems in various engineering applications.