Embedded passive wireless sensors for detecting conductivity within RC structures

Jin Young Kim; Praveenkumar Pasupathy; Chih-Chieh Chou; Sharon L. Wood; Dean P. Neikirk

doi:10.1117/12.880412

19 April 2011 Embedded passive wireless sensors for detecting conductivity within RC structures

Jin Young Kim, Praveenkumar Pasupathy, Chih-Chieh Chou, Sharon L. Wood, Dean P. Neikirk

Proceedings Volume 7983, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2011; 79832L (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880412
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A passive, wireless and inexpensive sensor has been developed to monitor the conductivity of concrete and thereby provide information on the progress of chloride-induced corrosion of the embedded reinforcement in concrete structures. Sensors are designed to be attached to the reinforcement cages before placement of the concrete in new construction or in portions of rehabilitated structures. Sensors will then be interrogated intermittently over the service life during routine inspections. The results of two experimental investigations are discussed in this paper. In the first, conductivity sensors were submerged in liquids of increasing conductivity. In the second, conductivity sensors were embedded in concrete cylinders and interrogated over a 25-week period during initial set and curing of the concrete. Analysis of the measured data shows that the passive conductivity sensors were successful in detecting a variety of conductivity levels in the concrete.

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Jin Young Kim, Praveenkumar Pasupathy, Chih-Chieh Chou, Sharon L. Wood, and Dean P. Neikirk "Embedded passive wireless sensors for detecting conductivity within RC structures", Proc. SPIE 7983, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2011, 79832L (19 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880412

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