Hsu, Yu-HsiangYu-HsiangHsuCHIH-KUNG LEE2009-02-042018-06-292009-02-042018-06-29200410489002http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/120149https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-13244278188&doi=10.1115%2f1.1804994&partnerID=40&md5=459c65d4c26fc021933bd081fabbe451A new design concept for a distributed sensor which was developed based on the principle that the strain distribution of an arbitrary finite plate structure can be expressed as the superposition of even and odd strain functions, is presented. The distributed sensors adopt a symmetric weighting electrode to match the symmetric distribution of the even parts of the strain in order to introduce a no-phase delay low-pass filter to tailor the sensor transfer function. Both the design concept and the experimental results are detailed herein. Copyright © 2004 by ASME.application/pdf573619 bytesapplication/pdfen-USBoundary conditions; Electrodes; Frequency domain analysis; Laplace transforms; Low pass filters; Matrix algebra; Piezoelectric devices; Piezoelectricity; Strain; Transfer functions; APROPOS device; Autonomous gain; Distributed sensors; Phase tailoring transfer; Piezoelectric sensors; Strain distribution; Sensorsjournal article10.1115/1.18049942-s2.0-13244278188WOS:000226485400007http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/120149/1/31.pdf