Journal
CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES
Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 116-123Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2010.09.015
Keywords
Conductive surface; Cracking; Crack detection; Damage detection; Electrical impedance spectroscopy; Equivalent circuit model; Health monitoring; Restrained shrinkage cracking
Funding
- Pankow Materials Laboratory at Purdue University
- Materials Sensing and Characterization Laboratory at Purdue University
- National Science Foundation under the NEES [CMMI-0724022]
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This paper describes the use of electrical impedance spectroscopy to detect the time, location, and approximate number of cracks on the surface of concrete. This method uses an electrically conductive thin film that is applied to the surface of the cementitious materials. The electrical resistance of this film is monitored as the substrate cracks. A sudden increase in the electrical resistance of the film corresponds with the time of cracking. The location of the cracks can be obtained when the conductive film is applied to two parallel surfaces of the cementitious material using the ratio of the capacitances (or resistances) before and after cracking. For monitoring damage evolution consisting of multiple cracks an equivalent circuit model is proposed. Using this model an increase in the electrical resistance that occurs due to the growth of a single crack can be differentiated from the increase in the electrical resistance that occurs due to the formation of more than one crack. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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