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Embedded smart sensor dipole antennas for real-time damage assessment, humidity, and temperature monitoring in reinforced and non-reinforced concrete structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2021

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Murat Ozturk*
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Department of Civil Engineering, Iskenderun Technical University, 31200Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
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Author for correspondence: Murat Ozturk, E-mail: murat.ozturk@iste.edu.tr
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Abstract

In this study, a dipole antenna is designed for real-time damage assessment, humidity, and temperature monitoring in reinforced and non-reinforced concrete structures. The antenna-based sensor is embedded into reinforced and non-reinforced concrete beams to assess electromagnetic measurements. Reflection parameter S11 in dB values and resonant frequencies of the embedded antenna are evaluated to detect damage, humidity, and temperature changes. The exploratory results show that as deformation increases in reinforced concrete, resonance frequency values decrease and S11 values increase. The load and resonance frequency values showed very close trends as deformation increases in the beam. In water content sensing experiments, the S11 in dB values of the antenna decrease as the humidity increases for concrete specimens while the resonance frequency values increase as the humidity increases for the reinforced concrete specimen. Elevated temperature sensing experimental results show that the resonance frequency values of the antenna decrease as the temperature of the specimen increases for concrete specimens while the S11 in dB values increase as the temperature of the specimen increases for reinforced concrete specimen.

Keywords

Antennaconcretereal-time damage assessmenthumidity monitoringtemperature monitoring
Type
Antenna Design, Modeling and Measurements
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , May 2022 , pp. 482 - 491
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the European Microwave Association

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