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UHF RFID Tag Antenna-Based Sensing for Corrosion Detection & Characterization Using Principal Component Analysis

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Jun Zhang, Professor Gui Yun TianORCiD

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Abstract

Recently, structural health monitoring (SHM) using radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antenna-based sensing (TABS) has received increasing attention because of its wireless, passive, and low-cost characteristics. However, a great challenge in the SHM using RFID TABS is multiple influences in the measurement. This paper presents an ultrahigh frequency RFID sensor system for corrosion detection and characterization. In this paper, a 3-D antenna sensor is designed to work on the surface of a protective coated steel sample. Sweep-frequency measurements are applied for analog identifier with principal component analysis (PCA) to overcome the multiple influences from reader-tag orientation, distance, and environment. Feature extraction and selection though PCA can get robust and sensitive defect information by projecting the test data into an orthogonal feature space. The test results demonstrate that the proposed method can be applied to detect and characterize early-stage corrosion in metals.


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Author(s): Zhang J, Tian GY

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Year: 2016

Volume: 64

Issue: 10

Pages: 4405-4414

Print publication date: 01/10/2016

Online publication date: 02/08/2016

Acceptance date: 04/06/2016

Date deposited: 21/02/2017

ISSN (print): 0018-926X

ISSN (electronic): 1558-2221

Publisher: IEEE

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2016.2596898

DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2016.2596898


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EP/J012343/1EPSRC

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