Flexural damage diagnosis in reinforced concrete beams using a wireless admittance monitoring system—Tests and finite element analysis

CE Chalioris, VK Kytinou, ME Voutetaki… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The utilization and effectiveness of a custom-made, portable and low-cost structural health
monitoring (SHM) system that implements the PZT-based electro-mechanical admittance …

Very early age concrete hydration characterization monitoring using piezoceramic based smart aggregates

Q Kong, S Hou, Q Ji, YL Mo… - Smart Materials and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Very early age (0–20 h) concrete hydration is a complicated chemical reaction.
During the very early age period, the concrete condition dramatically changes from liquid …

Synchronous detection of bolts looseness position and degree based on fusing electro-mechanical impedance

L Wang, B Yuan, Z Xu, Q Sun - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
Looseness is the most common form of failure in bolt connections, which can cause safety
accidents by reducing the rigidity of the structural connection, and the detection of bolt …

A study of concrete slab damage detection based on the electromechanical impedance method

X Hu, H Zhu, D Wang - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is being gradually applied into practice as a new
intelligent material for structural health monitoring. In order to study the damage detection …

Experimental damage evaluation of reinforced concrete steel bars using piezoelectric sensors

CG Karayannis, CE Chalioris, GM Angeli… - … and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
This study presents an experimental effort for the damage assessment of concrete
reinforcing bars using bonded piezoelectric transducers and the implementation of an …

Investigations on effectiveness of embedded PZT patches at varying orientations for monitoring concrete hydration using EMI technique

P Negi, T Chakraborty, N Kaur, S Bhalla - Construction and Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
The electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) technique has already been established to be an
effective technique for detecting incipient damages in engineering structures including …

Debonding damage detection of the CFRP-concrete interface based on piezoelectric ceramics by the electromechanical impedance method

J Deng, X Li, M Zhu, K Rashid, Q Wang - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Debonding in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)-strengthened RC structures might
always carry the risk of structural collapse. Several studies have focused on the debonding …

Combined embedded and surface-bonded piezoelectric transducers for monitoring of concrete structures

BS Divsholi, Y Yang - Ndt & E International, 2014 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducers are increasingly used for monitoring
various engineering structures. PZT transducers are used for monitoring structures based on …

Mechanism for using piezoelectric sensor to monitor strength gain process of cementitious materials with the temperature effect

G Han, YF Su, T Nantung, N Lu - Journal of Intelligent …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Recently, the piezoelectric based sensor coupled with electromechanical impedance (EMI)
technique is gaining attention on monitoring the mechanical properties changes in …

Viability of electro-mechanical impedance technique for monitoring damage in rocks under cyclic loading

P Negi, T Chakraborty, S Bhalla - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
Cyclic loading, when acting upon a structure due to natural or man-made causes,
deteriorates its strength slowly. This phenomenon might result in fatigue failure, which is …