A Portable Sensor System for Structural Health Monitoring with Printed Sensors on Biodegradable Substrates

Lukas Rauter; Harald Gietler; Johanna Zikulnig; Mohammed Khalifa; Hubert Zangl; Jurgen Kosel

doi:10.1109/SENSORS56945.2023.10325320

A Portable Sensor System for Structural Health Monitoring with Printed Sensors on Biodegradable Substrates

Lukas Rauter, Harald Gietler, Johanna Zikulnig, Mohammed Khalifa, Hubert Zangl, Jurgen Kosel

Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

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Abstract

This article presents a fully printed paper-based humidity sensor for structural health monitoring of natural fiber composites. The uncoated paper substrate represents 95.6 % of the sensor's mass, making it mostly biodegradable. The sensor measures 73 x 50 mm and consists of a capacitive part that is sensitive to moisture and a printed planar antenna, which allows the system to be read wirelessly via inductive coupling to an external FPGA platform that was specially developed for this purpose. The characterization of the sensor under controlled climatic conditions shows a sensitivity of 4.16 kHz resonance frequency shift per % relative humidity. The lamination of the sensor into composite panels and subsequent tests in a water bath shows that a capillary water absorption of the fibers can be measured with the sensor.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE SENSORS, SENSORS 2023 - Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350303872
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS56945.2023.10325320
State	Published - 2023
Event	2023 IEEE SENSORS, SENSORS 2023 - Vienna, Austria Duration: Oct 29 2023 → Nov 1 2023

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Name	Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
ISSN (Print)	1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)	2168-9229

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Conference	2023 IEEE SENSORS, SENSORS 2023
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	10/29/23 → 11/1/23

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© 2023 IEEE.

Keywords

flexible
humidity
moisture
printed electronics
sensor
structural health monitoring
sustainable
wireless

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Rauter, L., Gietler, H., Zikulnig, J., Khalifa, M., Zangl, H., & Kosel, J. (2023). A Portable Sensor System for Structural Health Monitoring with Printed Sensors on Biodegradable Substrates. In 2023 IEEE SENSORS, SENSORS 2023 - Conference Proceedings (Proceedings of IEEE Sensors). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS56945.2023.10325320

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A Portable Sensor System for Structural Health Monitoring with Printed Sensors on Biodegradable Substrates. / Rauter, Lukas; Gietler, Harald; Zikulnig, Johanna et al.
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