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• The objective of the present investigation is to develop a low-cost FOS based sensing technology for detecting steel corrosion
inside reinforced concrete infrastructures and also measure the level of the corrosion occurred in the specific section so
necessary steps can be taken effectively.
• A novel FOS based sensing method for detecting the onset of steel corrosion inside reinforced concrete structure with
particular application on concrete structures is being studied, developed and experimented in the laboratory.
• The specific sensing method developed will be tested in various conditions and also embedded in cement mortar to
demonstrate the feasibility of corrosion sensing.
Standard Electrical Wireless Sensing Method
to Detect Corrosion
Fig.1
Fig.2
• The first and second figure shows the basic wireless sensors without and with switch technology for enhanced detection.
After applying the switch (shown in figure-2), the detection accuracy has been improved(shown in the graph).
• There is only one switch in this sensor, which can only indicate whether the steel wire breaks or not and only two
corrosion states of the reinforcement can be monitored. Whether or not more corrosion states of the reinforcement can be
indicated when more switches with different diameters of steel wires are added into the sensor and how to obtain the
relationship between the diameter of the steel wire and the loss of the weight of reinforcement need to be studied further.
Here, the first figure represents Typical layout of corrosion sensors in reinforced concrete structure and the next figure
shows the Photograph of fiber optic corrosion sensor.
• Proposed PDMS-coated FBG can be used as a simple, convenient, and durable chemical sensing element with a high sensitivity, compared
with conventional FBG sensors requiring an evanescent wave coupling.
To assess :
• Structural integrity of concrete structure.
To find :
• Total amount of cracking in terms of length and width.
• Electro-mechanical system
(LVDT Sensors) Surface
Damage
• Optical systems Level
(CCD Camera)
• Embedded sensors
(PZT Piezo electric sensors)
Internal
Damage
Level
Experimental setup
Data flow diagram
Current work and expected results
Expected outcome
• Improved accuracy
• High precision
• Establishing correlation among surface damage level, internal damage level and the
amount of gel concentration in the structure.
• Evaluation of corrosion detection accuracy applying fiber optics sensors with PDMS
materials.