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The aim of the application is to detect mechanical flaws on complex composite and alloy structures to quantify efficiently the global structures\u2019 reliability. The study begins by a physical and analytical analysis of a piezoelectric patch. To preserve the structure\u2019s integrity, the transducers are directly pasted onto the surface which leads to a critical issue concerning the interfacing layer. In order to improve the reliability and mitigate the influence of the interfacing layer, the global equations of piezoelectricity are coupled with a load transfer model. Thus we can determine precisely the shear strain developed on the surface of the structure. To exploit the generated signal, a high precision analog charge amplifier coupled to a double T notch filter were designed and scaled. Finally, a novel joined time-frequency analysis based on a wavelet decomposition algorithm is used to extract relevant structures signatures. 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