Smart concrete, sensors and self-sensing concrete structures

H Li, JP Ou - Key Engineering Materials, 2009 - Trans Tech Publ
Smart concrete technology provides a new alternative way for health monitoring of
reinforced concrete structures. In this paper, the piezoresistivity of two kinds of smart …

Self-sensing concrete

B Han, L Zhang, J Ou, B Han, L Zhang, J Ou - Smart and Multifunctional …, 2017 - Springer
Self-sensing concrete has the capability to sense the conditions inside it and environmental
change including stress (or force), strain (or deformation), crack, damage, temperature, and …

[PDF][PDF] Application of nanomaterials in production of self-sensing concretes: contemporary developments and prospects

E Horszczaruk, P Sikora… - Archives of civil …, 2016 - archive.sciendo.com
In the recent years structural health monitoring (SHM) has gathered spectacular attention in
civil engineering applications. Application of such composites enable to improve the safety …

Piezoresistive cement-based strain sensors and self-sensing concrete components

J Ou, B Han - Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
A type of embedded piezoresistive cement-based strain sensors (PCSS) is proposed for
monitoring local compressive strain of concrete structures. A four-pole arrangement of …

Self-monitoring of smart concrete column incorporating CNT/NCB composite fillers modified cementitious sensors

S Ding, Y Ruan, X Yu, B Han, YQ Ni - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, cementitious sensors were fabricated with electrostatic self-assembled carbon
nanotubes (CNT)/nano carbon black (NCB) composite fillers, and embedded into concrete …

Smart cement‐sensor composite: The evolution of nanomaterial in developing sensor for structural integrity

K Kanagasundaram, E Solaiyan - Structural Concrete, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of self‐sensing ability and different functional properties of nanomaterials
into construction materials leads to smart and multifunctional cementitious sensor …

[HTML][HTML] Development of self-sensing engineered cementitious composite sensors for monitoring flexural performance of reinforced concrete beam

J Han, J Pan, L Xu, J Cai, X Li, L Meng, N Li - Developments in the Built …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, self-sensing engineered cementitious composite (ECC) was prepared and
post-processed to obtain self-sensing ECC sensors. The sensor piezoresistive effect was …

Cross tension and compression loading and large-scale testing of strain and damage sensing smart concrete

E Demircilioğlu, E Teomete, OE Ozbulut… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Multifunctional self-sensing smart concrete can provide a structural health monitoring (SHM)
solution that is robust, reliable, and low-cost. Smart concrete, which includes coarse …

Health monitoring of C60 smart concrete based on self-sensing

L Wang, Y Zhang, H Du, G Feng, T Qi - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Smart concrete is a composite material that has several advantageous characteristics such
as electrical conductivity and electromagnetic shielding. It has broad application prospects …

A study on thermal self-diagnostic and self-adaptive smart concrete structures

M Sun, Z Li, Q Liu, Z Tang, D Shen - Cement and Concrete Research, 2000 - Elsevier
Smart structures are made by embedding sensors, actuators, and controllers into the
structure during manufacture. Carbon fiber reinforced concrete (CFRC) can be used as both …