Piezoelectric materials and sensors for structural health monitoring: fundamental aspects, current status, and future perspectives

M Ju, Z Dou, JW Li, X Qiu, B Shen, D Zhang, FZ Yao… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Structural health monitoring technology can assess the status and integrity of structures in
real time by advanced sensors, evaluate the remaining life of structure, and make the …

Early-age shrinkage assessment of cementitious materials: A critical review

DS Kurup, MK Mohan, K Van Tittelboom… - Cement and Concrete …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the advent of formwork-free construction technologies like 3D concrete printing,
evaluating early-age shrinkage in cementitious materials has become more critical. This …

Experimental study on monitoring damage progression of basalt-FRP reinforced concrete slabs using acoustic emission and machine learning

T Zhang, M Mahdi, M Issa, C Xu, D Ozevin - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Basalt fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) reinforced concrete is a new alternative to
conventional steel-reinforced concrete due to its high tensile strength and corrosion …

Distributed fiber optic sensors for measuring strains of concrete, steel, and textile reinforcement: Possible fields of application

K Zdanowicz, D Gebauer, M Koschemann… - Structural …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The article describes measurements of strains of concrete, steel and textile reinforcement
with distributed fiber optic sensors (DFOS). The technology of distributed strain …

Fiber optic sensors embedded in textile-reinforced concrete for smart structural health monitoring: A review

LSM Alwis, K Bremer, B Roth - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The last decade has seen rapid developments in the areas of carbon fiber technology,
additive manufacturing technology, sensor engineering, ie, wearables, and new structural …

Structural health monitoring on Yangluo Yangtze River Bridge: implementation and demonstration

YF Zhu, WX Ren, YF Wang - Advances in Structural …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Long-span cable-supported bridge is one of crucial transportation infrastructures. Structural
health monitoring (SHM) system that is used to assess structural service conditions and …

[HTML][HTML] Concrete and steel bridge Structural Health Monitoring—Insight into choices for machine learning applications

D Xu, X Xu, MC Forde, A Caballero - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems have been installed on bridges across
the world at an increasing rate in recent years, providing vital data for bridge assessment …

Investigation of the electrical sensing properties of cementitious composites produced with multi-wall carbon nanotubes dispersed in NaOH

E Mesquita, I Sousa, M Vieira, AM Matos… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes, in cement-based composites has
been a topic of considerable attention in recent years due to their potential to monitor civil …

Flexural behaviour of thin textile reinforced concrete slabs enhanced by chemical prestressing

K Zdanowicz, S Marx - Engineering structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Textile reinforcement gains recently increasing attention within the civil engineering field,
especially for thin concrete elements such as facade slabs. Chemical prestressing, a method …

Corrosion Assessment in Reinforced Concrete Structures by Means of Embedded Sensors and Multivariate Analysis—Part 1: Laboratory Validation

JE Ramón-Zamora, JR Lliso-Ferrando… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Reinforced Concrete Structures (RCS) are a fundamental part of a country's civil
infrastructure. However, RCSs are often affected by rebar corrosion, which poses a major …