In this paper we investigate whether a thin layer of electrically conductive materials that is painted to the surface of concrete elements can be used as sensing skin to detect and locate cracking and damage in the concrete substrate. Cracking of the concrete results in the rupture of the sensing skin, thus locally increasing its electrical resistivity. We monitor the local change in the electrical resistivity of the sensing skin using electrical resistance tomography. In this work, we utilize difference imaging scheme. Experiments on polymeric substrates as well as on concrete substrates are performed. The results indicate that the developed sensing skin can be successfully used to detect and locate cracking and damage on concrete and potentially other nonconductive substrates. 相似文献
In this paper, the formation of the fracture process zone (FPZ) of industrially produced magnesia spinel and magnesia refractories was analysed using digital image correlation (DIC). Compared to pure magnesia materials, the magnesia spinel materials exhibited a higher amount of microcracks, causing a larger FPZ. A critical displacement, where the cohesive stress between the crack faces decreases to zero, is determined by analysing the development of the localized zone. Critical displacement determined from the changes of the FPZ width and length is used to determine the onset of macro-cracking and locate the crack tip. The development of the fracture process zone for a magnesia spinel initiates before reaching the maximum load, and the onset of the macro-crack is in the post-peak region. The FPZ size increases until the formation of a macro-crack takes place, but decreases afterwards. For the magnesia refractory, no pronounced FPZ could be detected. 相似文献
Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors have attracted a considerable amount of interest for their superior characteristics. However, the FBG sensors made on bare fibers are easily damaged. For their safe use in engineering, the glass core of optical fibers is coated with softer low modulus protective coatings. A portion of the host material strain is absorbed by the protective coatings when the strain transfers from the host material to the fiber core, and hence only a segment of structural strain is sensed. By introducing the shear modulus of the host material, a novel analytical model is developed for evaluating the sensing strain of the embedded FBG sensors in composite structures based on the strain in a host material. The average strain transfer ratio is deduced to describe the percentage transferred to the optical fiber core from the host material. It is concluded that the shear modulus of the host material influences strain transmission, especially when it is much lower than the modulus of the fiber core. Then, the strain transfer ratio of an optical fiber sensor embedded in a multilayered structure is developed in a similar way. The factors that affect the efficiency of strain transfer on the optical fiber sensor are deduced and discussed in detail based on the theoretical analysis. Finally, the theoretical results are verified through laboratory experimentation with the FBG sensors. 相似文献
Results of a numerical simulation investigating the complicated flushing process of an isolated trapped volume of salt water from a bar-blocked estuary are presented. A multiphase model, a part of the commercial code FLUENT 6.2, is applied. The governing equations together with initial and boundary conditions and the numerical scheme are described. The time-dependent salt-wedge position, vertical-density distribution, and proportion of total input kinetic energy converted into potential energy are examined for various incoming flow densimetric Froude number and estuary bed slope. The vertical position and thickness of the interfacial mixed layer between freshwater and salt water as well as the local gradient Richardson number are determined from simulated density profiles and velocity fields. The good agreement between the simulated and measured results indicates that the numerical model can be successfully applied to investigate the complex flushing process involving stratified flow. 相似文献