Monitoring of concrete curing using the electromechanical impedance technique: Review and path forward

YY Lim, ST Smith, RV Padilla… - Structural Health …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The ability to monitor the strength development of early-age concrete is an important
capability in the laboratory and in the field. Accurate and reliable in situ measurements can …

Deep learning of electromechanical impedance for concrete structural damage identification using 1-D convolutional neural networks

D Ai, F Mo, J Cheng, L Du - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Common damages in concrete materials and structures are usually in small sizes at initial
stage, which induce small stiffness and mass loss being difficult to evaluate severity level …

A self-tunable wind energy harvester utilising a piezoelectric cantilever beam with bluff body under transverse galloping for field deployment

YY Lim, RV Padilla, A Unger, R Barraza… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural vibrations can be harnessed using piezoelectric transducers and converted into
electrical energy to power small electronic devices such as sensors network for structural …

Piezoelectric cement sensor-based electromechanical impedance technique for the strength monitoring of cement mortar

HH Pan, MW Huang - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric cement is a 0–3 type cement-based piezoelectric composite comprising 50%
lead zirconate titanate (PZT) particles. Piezoelectric cement sensors, which are based on the …

Equivalent structural parameters based non-destructive prediction of sustainable concrete strength using machine learning models via piezo sensor

T Bansal, V Talakokula, K Mathiyazhagan - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
As concrete is one of the most common material used in the construction industry, it is
essential to monitor and predict the strength development during curing/hydration process in …

Monitoring the curing process of in-situ concrete with piezoelectric-based techniques–A practical application

ZS Tang, YY Lim, ST Smith, A Mostafa… - Structural Health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The stiffness and strength properties of freshly poured concrete develop over time as the
concrete hardens due to curing. The monitoring of such properties therefore enables timely …

An EMI-based clustering for structural health monitoring of NSM FRP strengthening systems

R Perera, L Torres, A Ruiz, C Barris, M Baena - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
The use of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) in civil construction applications with the near-
surface mounted (NSM) method has gained considerable popularity worldwide and can …

Embedded piezoelectric transducers based early-age hydration monitoring of cement concrete added with accelerator/retarder admixtures

D Ai, C Lin, H Zhu - Journal of Intelligent Material Systems …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Accelerator/retarder admixtures are often added into concrete to improve its early-age
strength, which needs to be effectively monitored during its hardening process. The …

Real-time monitoring stiffness degradation of hardened cement paste under uniaxial compression loading through piezoceramic-based electromechanical impedance …

C Zhang, Q Yan, GP Panda, W Wu, G Song… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Real-time health monitoring of cementitious materials under external loadings is of great
significance to help engineers evaluate structural safety state and ensure timely …

Electromechanical impedance instrumented circular piezoelectric-metal transducer for corrosion monitoring: modeling and validation

W Li, J Wang, T Liu, M Luo - Smart Materials and Structures, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Corrosion induced thickness loss of metallic structures is one of the most common issues
across multiple industries. In our previous work, a new type of corrosion sensor based on …