This covers the use of cement-based sensors for tracking structural health, durability and environmental conditions in concrete infrastructure. It sets out principles of the sensing mechanisms, fabrication techniques and performance evaluation with case studies, and considers a future where concrete structures will be vital for smart cities.
1. Introduction to Cement-Based Sensors.
2. Materials for Cement-Based
Sensors.
3. Fabrication, Geometry, and Layout of Cement-Based Sensors.
4.
Signal Collection and Processing of Cement-Based Sensors.
5. Mechanical
Properties and Sensing Performances.
6. Durability of CBSs and Impact of
Various Environments on Sensory Performance.
7. CBSs with Integrated
Capacities.
8. Potential Application of CBSs in Various Infrastructures.
9.
Challenges and Future Directions.
Wengui Li is a Scientia Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the group leader of Intelligent Concrete and Infrastructure Materials in the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety (CIES) at The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia. He is the recipient of Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and ARC DECRA Fellow.
Wenkui Dong earned his PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Currently, he works as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Construction Materials at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
Surendra P. Shah is a Presidential Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, Walter P. Murphy Professor (emeritus) at Northwestern University, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA.
