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Soft Elastomeric Capacitor for Angular Rotation Sensing in Steel Components
Liu, Han Laflamme, Simon Li, Jian Bennett, Caroline Collins, William N. Downey, Austin Ziehl, Paul Jo, Hongki
Liu, Han
Laflamme, Simon
Li, Jian
Bennett, Caroline
Collins, William N.
Downey, Austin
Ziehl, Paul
Jo, Hongki
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The authors have previously proposed corrugated soft elastomeric capacitors (cSEC) to create ultra compliant scalable strain gauges. The cSEC technology has been successfully demonstrated in engineering and biomechanical applications for in-plane strain measurements. This study extends work on the cSEC to evaluate its performance at measuring angular rotation when installed folded at the junction of two plates. The objective is to characterize the sensor’s electromechanical behavior anticipating applications to the monitoring of welded connections in steel components. To do so, an electromechanical model that maps the cSEC signal to bending strain induced by angular rotation is derived and adjusted using a validated finite element model. Given the difficulty in mapping strain measurements to rotation, an algorithm termed angular rotation index (ARI) is formulated to link measurements to angular rotation directly. Experimental work is conducted on a hollow structural section (HSS) steel specimen equipped with cSECs subjected to compression to generate angular rotations at the corners within the cross-section. Results confirm that the cSEC is capable of tracking angular rotation-induced bending strain linearly, however with accuracy levels significantly lower than found over flat configurations. Nevertheless, measurements were mapped to angular rotations using the ARI, and it was found that the ARI mapped linearly to the angle of rotation, with an accuracy of 0.416∘.
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2021-10-23
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MDPI
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Flexible strain gauge, Angular rotation, Angular motion sensing;, Strain monitoring, Capacitor, Bending strain, Complex geometry, Out-of-plane deformation
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Liu, H.; Laflamme, S.; Li, J.; Bennett, C.; Collins, W.N.; Downey, A.; Ziehl, P.; Jo, H. Soft Elastomeric Capacitor for Angular Rotation Sensing in Steel Components. Sensors 2021, 21, 7017. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217017