Visualization of Concrete Structures Using Elastico-luminescent Sensors

Brillouin Corrosion Expansion Sensors for Steel Reinforced Concrete Structures Using a Fiber Optic Coil Winding Method

In this paper, a novel kind of method to monitor corrosion expansion of steel rebars in steel reinforced concrete structures named fiber optic coil winding method is proposed, discussed and tested. It is based on the fiber optical Brillouin sensing technique. Firstly, a strain calibration experiment is designed and conducted to obtain the strain coefficient of single mode fiber optics. Results ...

Optimal Sensors Location Using Modal Assurance Criterion in Modal Identification of Concrete Gravity Dams

Determination of the optimal sensors location in order to identify of modal parameters, especially in large structures such as dams, is one of the practical issues, which is widely used in damage detection and structural health monitoring. The main objective of this study is to obtain the most information from the dynamic response in a concrete gravity dam by minimizing the non-diagonal element...

Visualization of Concrete Slump Flow Using the Kinect Sensor

Workability is regarded as one of the important parameters of high-performance concrete and monitoring it is essential in concrete quality management at construction sites. The conventional workability test methods are basically based on length and time measured by a ruler and a stopwatch and, as such, inevitably involves human error. In this paper, we propose a 4D slump test method based on di...

Luminescent imaging with optical chemical sensors.

Application of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Sensors Contactless NDT of Concrete Structures

UNLABELLED The utility of micro-electro-mechanical sensors (MEMS) for application in air-coupled (contactless or noncontact) sensing to concrete nondestructive testing (NDT) is studied in this paper. The fundamental operation and characteristics of MEMS are first described. Then application of MEMS sensors toward established concrete test methods, including vibration resonance, impact-echo, ult...