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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2011, Vol. 12 Issue (12): 895-901    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A11GT007
Infrastructure Engineering     
Smart elasto-magneto-electric (EME) sensors for stress monitoring of steel structures in railway infrastructures
Yuan-feng Duan, Ru Zhang, Yang Zhao, Siu-wing Or, Ke-qing Fan, Zhi-feng Tang
College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, School of Information Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, China
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Abstract  Steel structures are widely used in railway infrastructures. Their stress state is the most important determinant of the safety of these structures. The elasto-magnetic (EM) sensor is the most promising for stress monitoring of in-service steel structures. Nevertheless, the necessity of magnetic excitation to saturation due to the use of a secondary coil for signal detection, keeps from its engineering application. In this paper, a smart elasto-magneto-electric (EME) sensor using magneto-electric (ME) sensing units to take the place of the secondary coil has been exploited for the first time. The ME sensing unit is made of ME laminated composites, which has an ultrahigh ME voltage coefficient and can measure the magnetic induction simply and precisely. Theoretical analysis and characterization experiments firstly conducted on the ME laminated composites showed that the ME sensing units can be applied in the EM sensor for improved performance in stress monitoring. A tension test of a steel bar was carried out to characterize our smart EME sensor and the results showed high accuracy and sensitivity. The present smart EME sensor is a promising tool for stress monitoring of steel structures in railway and other civil infrastructures.

Key wordsStress monitoring      High-speed railway      Steel rail      Elasto-magnetic (EM) sensor      Magneto-electric (ME)      Elasto-magneto-electric (EME) sensor     
Received: 23 September 2011      Published: 01 December 2011
CLC:  U216.42+4  
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Yuan-feng Duan, Ru Zhang, Yang Zhao, Siu-wing Or, Ke-qing Fan, Zhi-feng Tang. Smart elasto-magneto-electric (EME) sensors for stress monitoring of steel structures in railway infrastructures. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2011, 12(12): 895-901.

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