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- Title
Electrical/Mechanical Monitoring of Shape Memory Alloy Reinforcing Fibers Obtained by Pullout Tests in SMA/Cement Composite Materials.
- Authors
Kim, Eui-Hyun; Lee, Hyunbae; Kim, Jae-Hwan; Bae, Seung-Muk; Hwang, Heesu; Yang, Heesun; Choi, Eunsoo; Hwang, Jin-Ha
- Abstract
Self-healing is an essential property of smart concrete structures. In contrast to other structural metals, shape memory alloys (SMAs) offer two unique effects: shape memory effects, and superelastic effects. Composites composed of SMA wires and conventional cements can overcome the mechanical weaknesses associated with tensile fractures in conventional concretes. Under specialized environments, the material interface between the cementitious component and the SMA materials plays an important role in achieving the enhanced mechanical performance and robustness of the SMA/cement interface. This material interface is traditionally evaluated in terms of mechanical aspects, i.e., strain–stress characteristics. However, the current work attempts to simultaneously characterize the mechanical load-displacement relationships synchronized with impedance spectroscopy as a function of displacement. Frequency-dependent impedance spectroscopy is tested as an in situ monitoring tool for structural variations in smart composites composed of non-conducting cementitious materials and conducting metals. The artificial geometry change in the SMA wires is associated with an improved anchoring action that is compatible with the smallest variation in resistance compared with prismatic SMA wires embedded into a cement matrix. The significant increase in resistance is interpreted to be associated with the slip of the SMA fibers following the elastic deformation and the debonding of the SMA fiber/matrix.
- Subjects
SELF-healing materials; CEMENT composites; SHAPE memory alloys; TENSILE strength; MECHANICAL wear; MECHANICAL behavior of materials; IMPEDANCE spectroscopy
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2018, Vol 11, Issue 2, p315
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma11020315