A Review on Principles, Theories and Materials for Self Sensing Concrete for Structural Applications
Self-sensing concrete is a smart material known for its cost-effectiveness in structural health-monitoring areas, which converts the external stimuli into a stress/strain sensing parameter. Self-sensing material has excellent mechanical and electrical properties that allow it to act as a multifuncti...
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| author | Kousalya Ramachandran Ponmalar Vijayan Gunasekaran Murali Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin |
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| description | Self-sensing concrete is a smart material known for its cost-effectiveness in structural health-monitoring areas, which converts the external stimuli into a stress/strain sensing parameter. Self-sensing material has excellent mechanical and electrical properties that allow it to act as a multifunctional agent satisfying both the strength and structural health-monitoring parameters. The main objective of this review is to understand the theories and principles behind the self-sensing practices. Many review papers have focused on the different types of materials and practices that rely on self-sensing technology, and only a few articles have discussed the theories involved. Understanding the mechanism and the theories behind the conduction mechanism is necessary. This review paper provides an overview of self-sensing concrete, including the principles such as piezoresistivity and piezopermittivity; the tunnelling effect, percolation threshold, and electrical circuit theories; the materials used and methods adopted; and the sensing parameters. The paper concludes with an outline of the application of self-sensing concrete and future recommendations, thus providing a better understanding of implementing the self-sensing technique in construction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13ac61ede0c54c8da14a75d4b8c186062023-11-23T14:21:02ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442022-05-011511383110.3390/ma15113831A Review on Principles, Theories and Materials for Self Sensing Concrete for Structural ApplicationsKousalya Ramachandran0Ponmalar Vijayan1Gunasekaran Murali2Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin3Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, IndiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, IndiaPeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, RussiaPeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, RussiaSelf-sensing concrete is a smart material known for its cost-effectiveness in structural health-monitoring areas, which converts the external stimuli into a stress/strain sensing parameter. Self-sensing material has excellent mechanical and electrical properties that allow it to act as a multifunctional agent satisfying both the strength and structural health-monitoring parameters. The main objective of this review is to understand the theories and principles behind the self-sensing practices. Many review papers have focused on the different types of materials and practices that rely on self-sensing technology, and only a few articles have discussed the theories involved. Understanding the mechanism and the theories behind the conduction mechanism is necessary. This review paper provides an overview of self-sensing concrete, including the principles such as piezoresistivity and piezopermittivity; the tunnelling effect, percolation threshold, and electrical circuit theories; the materials used and methods adopted; and the sensing parameters. The paper concludes with an outline of the application of self-sensing concrete and future recommendations, thus providing a better understanding of implementing the self-sensing technique in construction.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/11/3831self-sensingpiezoresistivepiezopermittiveelectrical resistancepercolation thresholdtunnelling effect |
| spellingShingle | Kousalya Ramachandran Ponmalar Vijayan Gunasekaran Murali Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin A Review on Principles, Theories and Materials for Self Sensing Concrete for Structural Applications Materials self-sensing piezoresistive piezopermittive electrical resistance percolation threshold tunnelling effect |
| title | A Review on Principles, Theories and Materials for Self Sensing Concrete for Structural Applications |
| title_full | A Review on Principles, Theories and Materials for Self Sensing Concrete for Structural Applications |
| title_fullStr | A Review on Principles, Theories and Materials for Self Sensing Concrete for Structural Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review on Principles, Theories and Materials for Self Sensing Concrete for Structural Applications |
| title_short | A Review on Principles, Theories and Materials for Self Sensing Concrete for Structural Applications |
| title_sort | review on principles theories and materials for self sensing concrete for structural applications |
| topic | self-sensing piezoresistive piezopermittive electrical resistance percolation threshold tunnelling effect |
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