Digital image and volume correlation (DIC and DVC) are increasingly being used to
measure the deformation and damage behaviour of composite materials. The …

With the advent of formwork-free construction technologies like 3D concrete printing,
evaluating early-age shrinkage in cementitious materials has become more critical. This …

For decades, nanoindentation has been used for measuring mechanical properties of films
with the widely used assumption that if the indentation depth does not exceed 10% of the …

Engineering structures and infrastructure continue to be used despite approaching or having
reached their design lifetime. While contact-based measurement techniques are challenging …

A vision-based approach has been employed in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of
bridge infrastructure. The approach has many advantages: non-contact, non-destructive …

Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have excellent mechanical properties and outstanding
development potential and are cost-effective. They have increasingly been used in …

A steel-fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite bar (SFCB) is a novel reinforcement
composed of an inner steel bar and outer continuous FRP. Moreover, SFCBs have excellent …

The incorporation of waste rubber into concrete has significant environmental value.
However, a hydrophobic waste rubber surface results in poor adhesion to concrete, which …

In this study, the backface strain (BFS) is measured by both digital image correlation (DIC)
and fiber optic sensors (FOS) to detect the crack initiation and propagation in adhesively …

With the construction and development of intelligent roads, an increasing number of sensors
are being embedded into the road structures. Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavement is …