Recycling waste materials to produce self-sensing concretes for smart and sustainable structures: A review

GH Nalon, RF Santos, GES de Lima… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction industry is currently facing the great challenge of applying sustainable
materials with suitable mechanical properties and durability performance. Among the …

Measurement and simulation of electrical resistivity of cement-based materials by using embedded four-probe method

S Liang, H Du, NY Zou, Y Chen, Y Liu - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The electrical resistivity of cement-based materials is an important index that can be used for
designing durable, multifunctional, and smart concrete structures. However, the …

Multifunctional ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced concrete with integrated self-sensing and repair capabilities towards in-situ structure monitoring

F Song, Q Chen, Q Zheng - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Achieving continuous in-situ monitoring of repaired concrete structures has always been a
great challenge. Ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC), featuring …

Investigation of the compressive self-sensing response of filler-free metakaolin geopolymer binders and coatings

C Vlachakis, X Wang, A Al-Tabbaa - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-sensing cementitious materials are an effective method of monitoring existing
infrastructure due to their high durability and high sensing performance. Geopolymers are …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printed cement-based repairs and strain sensors

C Vlachakis, J McAlorum, M Perry - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents 3D printed strain sensors based on alkali activated cement repairs,
demonstrating a fixed-cost method for remotely deploying a combined monitoring and …

Integration of monitoring indicators for self-sensing alkali activated cementitious materials: From electrical signals-resistivity to autogenous shrinkage

Y Fang, Y Huang, A Wang, C Zhu, K Zhuang… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The chemical shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated materials (AAMs) are
usually more significant than that of ordinary Portland cement (OPC). Therefore, both …

[HTML][HTML] Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) for Concrete Structure Applications: A Review

D Jeon, S Yoon - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Electrical resistance tomography (ERT) is gaining recognition as an effective, affordable,
and nondestructive tool for monitoring and imaging concrete structures. This paper …

Experimental and numerical study of adhesively and bolted connections of pultruded GFRP I-shape profiles

AR Eskenati, A Mahboob, E Bernat-Maso, L Gil - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent developments indicate that the application of pultruded FRP profiles has been
continuously growing in the construction industry. Generating more complex structures …

Experimental and numerical simulation studies of electrical resistance of cementitious materials under varying temperature history

S Liang, G Song, Y Luo, Y Wei - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Many in-service concrete structures are normally exposed to varying temperature condition.
The time-dependent and non-uniform temperature distribution in concrete structures could …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanics-perspective evaluation of self-sensing geopolymer coatings in structural health monitoring

C Vlachakis, YF Su, X Wang, A Al-Tabbaa - Developments in the Built …, 2024 - Elsevier
Self-sensing cementitious coatings are a promising alternative in structural health
monitoring due to their high sensing performance and simple production and deployment …