This article investigates the interest of using in-situ piezoelectric(PZT and PVDF)disks to perform real-time Structural Health Monitoring(SHM)of glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites submitted to var-ious tensile...This article investigates the interest of using in-situ piezoelectric(PZT and PVDF)disks to perform real-time Structural Health Monitoring(SHM)of glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites submitted to var-ious tensile loadings.The goal is to evaluate the working range and SHM potential of such embedded transducers for relatively simple mechanical loadings,with the long-term aim of using them to monitor complete 3D structures submitted to more complex loadings.SHM is performed acquiring the electrical capacitance variation of the embedded transducers.To study the potential links between the insitu capacitance signal and the global response of the loaded host specimens,a multi-instrumentation composed of external Nondestructive Testing techniques was implemented on the surfaces of the specimens to search for multi-physical couplings between these external measurements and the capacitance curves.Results confirmed the non-intrusiveness of the embedded transducers,and allowed estimating their working domain.PZT capacitance signal follows well the mechanical loadings,but the piezoceramic transducer gets damaged after a determined relatively low strain level due to its brittleness.The limits of this working domain are extended by using a stretchable PolyVinylidene Fluoride(PVDF)polymer transducer,allowing this one to perform in-situ and real-time SHM of its host tensile specimens until failure.展开更多
Piezoelectric nanogenerators(PENGs)that can harvest mechanical energy from ambient environment have broad prospects for multi-functional applications.Here,multi-layered piezoelectric composites with a porous structure...Piezoelectric nanogenerators(PENGs)that can harvest mechanical energy from ambient environment have broad prospects for multi-functional applications.Here,multi-layered piezoelectric composites with a porous structure based on highly oriented Pb(Zr_(0.52)Ti_(0.48))O_(3)/PVDF(PZT/PVDF)electrospinning fibers are prepared via a laminating method to construct high-performance PENGs.PZT particles as piezoelectric reinforcing phases are embedded in PVDF fibers and facilitate the formation of polarβphase in PVDF.The multi-layered,porous structure effectively promotes the overall polarization and surface bound charge density,resulting in a highly efficient electromechanical conversion.The PENG based on 10 wt%PZT/PVDF composite fibers with a 220µm film thickness outputs an optimal voltage of 62.0 V and a power of 136.9μW,which are 3.4 and 6.5 times those of 10 wt%PZT/PVDF casting film-based PENG,respectively.Importantly,the PENG shows a high sensitivity of 12.4 V·N^(−1),presenting a significant advantage in comparison to PENGs with other porous structures.In addition,the composites show excellent flexibility with a Young’s modulus of 227.2 MPa and an elongation of 262.3%.This study shows a great potential application of piezoelectric fiber composites in flexible energy harvesting devices.展开更多
文摘This article investigates the interest of using in-situ piezoelectric(PZT and PVDF)disks to perform real-time Structural Health Monitoring(SHM)of glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites submitted to var-ious tensile loadings.The goal is to evaluate the working range and SHM potential of such embedded transducers for relatively simple mechanical loadings,with the long-term aim of using them to monitor complete 3D structures submitted to more complex loadings.SHM is performed acquiring the electrical capacitance variation of the embedded transducers.To study the potential links between the insitu capacitance signal and the global response of the loaded host specimens,a multi-instrumentation composed of external Nondestructive Testing techniques was implemented on the surfaces of the specimens to search for multi-physical couplings between these external measurements and the capacitance curves.Results confirmed the non-intrusiveness of the embedded transducers,and allowed estimating their working domain.PZT capacitance signal follows well the mechanical loadings,but the piezoceramic transducer gets damaged after a determined relatively low strain level due to its brittleness.The limits of this working domain are extended by using a stretchable PolyVinylidene Fluoride(PVDF)polymer transducer,allowing this one to perform in-situ and real-time SHM of its host tensile specimens until failure.
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51772267)the Key R&D Program of Zhejiang Province(No.2020C01004).
文摘Piezoelectric nanogenerators(PENGs)that can harvest mechanical energy from ambient environment have broad prospects for multi-functional applications.Here,multi-layered piezoelectric composites with a porous structure based on highly oriented Pb(Zr_(0.52)Ti_(0.48))O_(3)/PVDF(PZT/PVDF)electrospinning fibers are prepared via a laminating method to construct high-performance PENGs.PZT particles as piezoelectric reinforcing phases are embedded in PVDF fibers and facilitate the formation of polarβphase in PVDF.The multi-layered,porous structure effectively promotes the overall polarization and surface bound charge density,resulting in a highly efficient electromechanical conversion.The PENG based on 10 wt%PZT/PVDF composite fibers with a 220µm film thickness outputs an optimal voltage of 62.0 V and a power of 136.9μW,which are 3.4 and 6.5 times those of 10 wt%PZT/PVDF casting film-based PENG,respectively.Importantly,the PENG shows a high sensitivity of 12.4 V·N^(−1),presenting a significant advantage in comparison to PENGs with other porous structures.In addition,the composites show excellent flexibility with a Young’s modulus of 227.2 MPa and an elongation of 262.3%.This study shows a great potential application of piezoelectric fiber composites in flexible energy harvesting devices.
