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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Fuzzy Logic-Based and Nondestructive Concrete Strength Evaluation Using Modified Carbon Nanotubes as a Hybrid PZT-CNT Sensor.

Najeebullah Tareen, Junkyeong Kim, Won-Kyu Kim, Seunghee Park

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Najeebullah TareenDepartment of Civil, Architectural & Environmental System Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Suwon-si 16419, Korea.
Junkyeong KimSafety Inspection for Infrastructure Laboratory (SIIL), Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology (AICT), Suwon-si 16229, Korea.
Won-Kyu KimDepartment of Convergence Engineering for Future City, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Suwon-si 16419, Korea.
Seunghee ParkSchool of Civil, Architectural Engineering and Landscape Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Suwon-si 16419, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6265-7652

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Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement 19CTAP-C151808-01
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Abstract

Concrete strength and factors affecting its development during early concrete curing are important research topics. Avoiding uncertain incidents during construction and in service life of structures requires an appropriate monitoring system. Therefore, numerous techniques are used to monitor the health of a structure. This paper presents a nondestructive testing technique for monitoring the strength development of concrete at early curing ages. Dispersed carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were used with cementitious materials and piezoelectric (PZT) material, a PZT ceramic, owing to their properties of intra electromechanical effects and sensitivity to measure the electromechanical impedance (EMI) signatures and relevant properties related to concrete strength, such as the elastic modulus, displacement, acceleration, strength, and loading effects. Concrete compressive strength, hydration temperature, mixture ratio, and variation in data obtained from the impedance signatures using fuzzy logic were utilized in the comparative result prediction method for concrete strength. These results were calculated using a fuzzy logic-based model considering the maturity method, universal testing machine (UTM) data, and analyzed EMI data. In the study, for data acquisition, a hybrid PZT-CNT sensor and a temperature sensor (Smart Rock) were embedded in the concrete to obtain the hydration temperature history to utilize the concrete maturity method and provide data on the EMI signatures. The dynamic changes in the medium caused during the phase in the concrete strengthening process were analyzed to predict the strength development process of concrete at early curing ages. Because different parameters are considered while calculating the concrete strength, which is related to its mechanical properties, the proposed novel method considers that changes in the boundary condition occurring in the concrete paste modify the resonant frequency response of the structure. Thus, relating and analyzing this feature can help predict the concrete strength. A comprehensive comparison of the results calculated using the proposed module, maturity method, and cylindrical specimens tested using the UTM proved that it is a cost-effective and fast technique to estimate concrete strength to ensure a safe construction of reinforced cement concrete infrastructures.

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carbon nanotube (CNT) sensorsearly-age concrete strengthelectromechanical impedance (EMI)maturity methodnondestructive testing (NDT)piezoelectric sensorssmart materialsstructural health monitoring (SHM)

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PMCPMC8198687

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