Members of the research group SICon publish an article in the journal Structures.
The article “Self-sensing concrete masonry structures with intrinsic abilities of strain monitoring and damage detection” is available in vol. 59, 2024, of the journal.
The authors are researchers of the Departments of Civil Engineering of the Federal University of Viçosa and the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Those are: Gustavo Henrique Nalon, José Carlos Lopes Ribeiro, Roberto Marcio da Silva, Leonardo Gonçalves Pedroti and Eduardo Nery Duarte de Araújo.
This work aimed to investigate mechanical and self-sensing properties of masonry elements produced with self-sensing mortar joints, solid concrete bricks and/or hollow concrete blocks fabricated with carbon black nanoparticles. The self-sensing units and mortar joints were found to be promising alternatives for strain monitoring and damage detection in smart concrete masonry structures.
The full abstract and others informations about the paper can be found at the link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.105760