Damage Detection of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Combined Actions (NEES-2010-0882)

<p><strong>Title</strong>: Damage Detection of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Combined Actions (NEES-2012-0882)</p> <p><strong>Year Of Curation: </strong>2012</p> <p><strong>Description: </strong>The intent of this research project is to further explore the knowledge of smart aggregates developed at UH at the practical level so that they can be widely implemented in the industrial application.A smart aggregate consists of a water-proof coated piezoceramic patch encased in a small protective cube of concrete. The piezoceramic-based smart aggregates are multi-functional and they can be used to perform early-age concrete strength monitoring, impact detection and structural health monitoring. The effectiveness of the smart aggregate-based damage detection approach was verified by preliminary experiments performed at UH. However, these experiments were performed under static load conditions only. To further validate the effectiveness of smart aggregates for structural health monitoring, it is important to perform experiments under different load conditions, such as dynamic, pseudo-dynamic, and reversed-cyclic loadings. These tests were scheduled to be conducted at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla (MST). </p> <p><strong>Award: </strong>http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0724190</p> <p><strong>PIs & CoPIs: </strong>Yi-Lung Mo, Gangbing Song</p> <p><strong>Dates: </strong>May 09, 2008 - September 30, 2012</p> <p><strong>Organizations: </strong><br /> Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, United States,<br /> University of Houston, TX, United States,<br /> University of Nevada-Las Vegas, NV, United States,<br /> University of Nevada-Reno, NV, United States</p> <p><strong>Facilities: </strong><br /> Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, United States,<br /> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL,<br /> United States,University of Nevada-Reno, NV, United States</p> <p><strong>Sponsor: </strong>NSF - 0724190 </p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>smart aggregate,structural health monitoring,Reinforced Concrete,piezoceramics</p> <p><strong>Publications: </strong><br /> Gangbing Song, "Smart Aggregate-Based Damage Detection of Circular RC Columns under Cyclic Combined Loading"<br /> Gangbing Song, "Damage Detection of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Combined Actions - Annual Report 2011"<br /> Gangbing Song, "Smart aggregate-based damage detection of RC columns under cyclic combined loading"</p> <nb:citations></nb:citations>