Guolong Chen, Cang Lu, Le Fan, Ji Wei, Hao Wan, Gang Zhang, Yanlong Zhang, Guanyao Zhang
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Abstract
AbstractBolt links and riveted joints, although widely used in aerospace and other mechanical systems, are susceptible to stress concentrations and fatigue cracks, which are undesirable. The flexible rosette eddy current sensor is typically used for the structural monitoring of bolt connections and riveted joints. This study proposes a method to improve the sensitivity of a flexible rosette eddy current sensor by reducing the cloud zenith angle of the pickup coil. First, the effect of the cloud zenith angle upon the sensitivity of the flexible rosette eddy current sensor is analyzed theoretically; the results show that a larger cloud zenith angle corresponds to a larger background signal. This diminishes the relative rate of change of the crack signal when the sensitivity of the sensor is evaluated based upon the maximum rate of change of the output. Therefore, the sensitivity is optimized by reducing the cloud zenith angle. Subsequently, through simulation and experimental methods, the relationship between sensor sensitivity and cloud zenith angle was studied. The results indicate that the cloud zenith angle significantly affects the sensitivity and that reducing the cloud zenith angle effectively reduces the background and improves the sensitivity.Keywords: Bolt connectionscloud zenith angleeddy current sensorfatigue cracksstructural health monitoring AcknowledgmentsThis study was financially supported by the Nature Science Foundation of Gansu Province of China (Grant No. 22JR5RA229), and the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51807086).Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
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