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In industrial installations, the piezoelectric sensor plays a very important role in the monitoring of electromechanical systems and the detection of their early defects. Modeling is the mathematical presentation of the operating principle of the piezoelectric sensor, it allows to transform this principle to equations, these equations allow to improve the performances of this sensor and to propose new designs. In this work, the effects of piezoelectric materials are explained and the piezoelectric sensor is described. The physical behavior of the sensor is modeled and extracted a formula relates the accuracy as a function of relative movement (vibratory displacement). The model developed is validated by simulation and by experimental tests and the appropriate choice of the damping rate makes it possible to improve the parameters of the piezoelectric sensor and to progress the vibratory analysis technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The piezoelectric sensor is the best choice for large industrial installations for instantaneous monitoring and premature fault diagnosis of electromechanical systems. In this work, we made a study on the piezoelectric detection and the piezoelectric sensor then a model of the physical behavior of this sensor extracted. The developed model of measurement accuracy as a function of the relative vibration movement is validated by experimental tests and simulation. The good choice of the damping rate allowed to improve the parameters of the sensor on the one hand and to advance the technique of vibratory analysis on the other hand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is mainly focused on piezoresistive accelerometer performance improvement. Thus a new model of this sensor is derived to enhance its various parameters, such as precision, sensitivity, and reliability. Moreover, applying this model, a new design of piezoresistive accelerometer can be achieved. The developed model is validated by simulations and confirmed by experimental tests to verify its effectiveness in industrial applications. The comparison study showed that the best choice of damping rate to reduce the measurement error and increase the precision corresponds to the rate chosen in this paper. The results have also demonstrated that a more reliable sensor can be designed compared with the existing designs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this paper the queues are used as a method to improve maintenance performance. The information collected by vibration analysis is used to check the system status and see whether a maintenance operation is to be organized. Thus, for a precise decision, the improvement of accelerometer parameters is required. In order to solve this issue, the piezoresistive accelerometer step and impulse responses are enhanced by using appropriate parameters (damping rate and frequency range). Computer simulation tests were conducted to confirm this approach. The obtained results have shown the difference between the accelerometer with the proposed parameters and the accelerometer used in the experiment. It can be concluded that the proposed parameters provide stable and accurate accelerometer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A piezoresistive accelerometer is the first element of a vibration measurement chain, and its improvement can enhance measurement quality. In this paper, we have developed a new formula that links the movement acceleration as a function of the natural frequency and the damping rate of the piezoresistive accelerometer in first time, and movement acceleration as a function of the measurement error in second time. This model allows the decrease of the acceleration measurement error and increases the accelerometer accuracy by choosing the right damping rate and frequency range. Finally, this new formula allows proposing new parameters for more accurate and reliable piezoresistive accelerometer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is focused on the reduction of measurement error to obtain a high sensitive sensor. A mathematical model related to mechanical sensitivity is developed as a function of measurement error. This model can improve the measured value (indicated by the vibration sensor) as close as possible to the real value. To achieve this objective, the damping rate is enhanced by making the appropriate choice to reduce and limit the measurement error to a minimum (1%), to increase the measurement accuracy to 99%, and to minimize the uncertainty of the mechanical sensitivity of the vibration sensor to 0.5%. Therefore, in this paper, several parameters are improved and a new accurate, reliable, and sensitive vibration sensor is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]