Abstract
This paper describes the characteristics of the metal-core lead zirconate titanate (PZT) fiber/aluminum composite fabricated using the Interphase Forming/Bonding (IF/B) method in the air. In the previous studies, in order to simplify the fabrication procedure and reduce their costs, the metal-core PZT fiber/aluminum composites were fabricated using a compact hot-pressing equipment which enables rapid heating to reduce copper oxidation in the air as a model experiment. In this study, characterization of the composite was investigated by an oscillation test. As the oscillation test, an aluminum plate pasted the composite as an oscillation plate was oscillated by electromagnetic excitation and the output voltage from the composite was measured by an oscilloscope. The results obtained indicate that the output voltage is proportional to the strain, and the output voltage depends on the strain directions. In addition, it was also cleared that phase difference and the displacement of the oscillation plate was changed at a certain strain direction.
