TY - JOUR
T1 - A review on smart self-sensing composite materials for civil engineering applications
AU - Rana, Sohel
AU - Subramani, P.
AU - Fangueiro, Raul
AU - Correia, Antonio Gomes
PY - 2016/3/21
Y1 - 2016/3/21
N2 - Self-sensing composites are becoming highly attractive for civil engineering applications to improve the safety and performance of structures. These smart composites show a detectable change in their electrical resistivity with applied stress or strain and this unique characteristic make them useful for health monitoring of structures. Till date, different forms of carbon composites, i.e. short fibre, continuous fibre, particles, nano fibres, nanotubes, etc. have been utilized for this purpose. In this context, the present paper reports an overview of different self-sensing composite systems used for the health monitoring of civil engineering structures.
AB - Self-sensing composites are becoming highly attractive for civil engineering applications to improve the safety and performance of structures. These smart composites show a detectable change in their electrical resistivity with applied stress or strain and this unique characteristic make them useful for health monitoring of structures. Till date, different forms of carbon composites, i.e. short fibre, continuous fibre, particles, nano fibres, nanotubes, etc. have been utilized for this purpose. In this context, the present paper reports an overview of different self-sensing composite systems used for the health monitoring of civil engineering structures.
KW - Composite materials
KW - Health monitoring
KW - Self-sensing
KW - Smart
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014712628&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3934/matersci.2016.2.357
DO - 10.3934/matersci.2016.2.357
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85014712628
VL - 3
SP - 357
EP - 379
JO - AIMS Materials Science
JF - AIMS Materials Science
SN - 2372-0484
IS - 2
ER -