Description
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is a process aimed at providing accurate and timely information concerning structural health condition and performance. The information obtained from monitoring is generally used to plan and design maintenance activities, increase the safety, verify hypotheses, reduce uncertainty, and widen the knowledge concerning the structure being monitored. The technologies used to perform the SHM are continuously developing, and researchers and practitioners are not always aware of their market maturity, performances, and applicability. The papers included in this SP, 1) Identify the state-of-the-art SHM technologies, including their performances, applications, and market maturity; 2) Generalize the use of SHM technologies for various classes of problems and structures; 3) Examine how the SHM technologies can be used in evaluation of the current conditions and performances of concrete structures; and 4) Analyze the benefits of SHM technologies regarding the preservation and safety of concrete structures and long-term management activities in general.
This SP consists of 10 papers that were presented at a technical session sponsored by ACI Committee 444 at the ACI Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio in October 2011.
Table of Contents
SP-292—1
Discrete Fiber Optic Sensing Techniques for Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges
Author: F. Ansari
SP-292—2
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Technologies and Applications – an Overview
Author: B. Glisic
SP-292—3
Use of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy and Conductive Surface Films to Detect Cracking and Damage in CementBased Materials
Authors: M. Pour-Ghaz, M. Niemuth and J. Weiss
SP-292—4
Smart Technical Textiles for Structural Health Monitoring
Authors: D. Inaudi and R. Belli
SP-292—5
Carbon Black Engineered Cementitious Composites - Mechanical and Electrical
Characterization
Authors: M. Li, V. Lin, J. P. Lynch, and V. C. Li
SP-292—6
Structural Health Monitoring With An Active Data Management System For Secondary Road Bridges
Authors: Y.-Si Lee, B. Phares, T. Wipf, and F. Malhas
SP-292—7
Effects on Impact-Echo Signals Caused by Adjacent Steel Reinforcing Bars and Defects in Lap-Splice Regions: Experimental Study
Authors: A. Pagnotta, D. Trejo, P. Gardoni, and Q. Huang
SP-292—8
Concrete Building, Monitoring Data and Bayesian Epistemology
Authors: M. Pozzi, B. Glisic, D. Zonta, and D. Inaudi
SP-292—9
Life Cycle Analysis Addressing Maintenance and Repair Options and its Affections on Remaining Lifetime
Authors: H. Wenzel, R. Veit-Egerer, and M. Widmann
SP-292—10
Overview of Monitoring Applications from the Iowa DOT Point of View
Authors: B. Phares, A. Abu-Hawash, P. Lu, and T. Wipf