A Novel Wall-Shear Stress Sensor with A Covering Floating Element for Harsh Environment

Yunzhe Liu, Guanghui Ding, Tao Zhang, Peng Pang, Keli Zhao, Guangyao Pei, Jian Luo, Binghe Ma

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Abstract

This work reports the design, fabrication and characterization of a novel wall-shear stress sensor with a covering floating element for skin friction measurements in harsh aerodynamic applications. Sensing structures (e.g. comb fingers and folded tethers) of the sensor are settled under the protection of top-layer floating element, which avoids them from contacting micro-dusts or other pollution in measured flow. A DSOI (Dual Silicon-On-Insulator) wafer is used to develop the floating element, whose top-layer silicon (5 μm in thickness) is fabricated to sense wall-shear stress and protect underneath structures as well. As a result, possibilities of the sensor to be damaged in practical applications can be reduced as low as a hundred times. The static sensitivity of wall-shear stress sensor is calibrated as 16.27 mV/Pa, with a full-scale non-linearity of 1.8%. Meanwhile, the sensor is capable of capturing fluctuating wall-shear stress during transitional process, reveling further information for laminar-to-turbulent flows.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1719-1722
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9784886864352
StatePublished - 2023
Event22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 2023 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 25 Jun 202329 Jun 2023

Publication series

Name2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 2023

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 2023
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period25/06/2329/06/23

Keywords

  • Capacitance
  • Covering floating element
  • Microsensor
  • Transitional flow
  • Wall-shear stress

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