Thermal effects on a passive wireless antenna sensor for strain and crack sensing

Xiaohua Yi; Rushi Vyas; Chunhee Cho; Chia Hung Fang; James Cooper; Yang Wang; Roberto T. Leon; Manos M. Tentzeris

doi:10.1117/12.914833

Thermal effects on a passive wireless antenna sensor for strain and crack sensing

Xiaohua Yi, Rushi Vyas, Chunhee Cho, Chia Hung Fang, James Cooper, Yang Wang, Roberto T. Leon, Manos M. Tentzeris

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Abstract

For application in structural health monitoring, a folded patch antenna has been previously designed as a wireless sensor that monitors strain and crack in metallic structures. Resonance frequency of the RFID patch antenna is closely related with its dimension. To measure stress concentration in a base structure, the sensor is bonded to the structure like a traditional strain gage. When the antenna sensor is under strain/deformation together with the base structure, the antenna resonance frequency varies accordingly. The strain-related resonance frequency variation is wirelessly interrogated and recorded by a reader, and can be used to derive strain/deformation. Material properties of the antenna components can have significant effects on sensor performance. This paper investigates thermal effects through both numerical simulation and temperature chamber testing. When temperature fluctuates, previous sensor design (with a glass microfiber-reinforced PTFE substrate) shows relatively large variation in resonance frequency. To improve sensor performance, a new ceramic-filled PTFE substrate material is chosen for re-designing the antenna sensor. Temperature chamber experiments are also conducted to the sensor with new substrate material, and compared with previous design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012
Volume	8345
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914833
Publication status	Published - 2012
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 12 Mar 2012 → 15 Mar 2012

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Conference	Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	12/03/12 → 15/03/12

Keywords

Crack sensor
Folded patch antenna
Passive wireless sensor
RFID
Strain sensor
Thermal effect

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Mathematics
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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Yi, X, Vyas, R, Cho, C, Fang, CH, Cooper, J, Wang, Y, Leon, RT & Tentzeris, MM 2012, Thermal effects on a passive wireless antenna sensor for strain and crack sensing. in Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012. vol. 8345, 83450F, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2012, San Diego, CA, United States, 12/03/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914833

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