This document discusses smart concrete invented by Professor Deborah Chung. Smart concrete is concrete that can sense its own strain or stress without embedded sensors. It has been modified with admixtures so that changes in electrical resistance allow it to function as a sensor. Two types were studied: one with short carbon fibers and one with carbon nanotubes. Laboratory experiments showed that when molded into squares with electrodes, both types demonstrated piezoresistive properties and were able to detect internal stress and strain, showing potential as sensors for pavement monitoring.
what is polymer concrete, types, properties, material used in manufacturing process , manufacturing process, applications and their advantages. case study on polymer composite concrete.
what is polymer concrete, types, properties, material used in manufacturing process , manufacturing process, applications and their advantages. case study on polymer composite concrete.
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transparent concrete using optical fibers its emerging techniques which is most helpful in future...
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A UHPC (ultra high performance concrete) presentation projects.Nolan Mayrhofer
UHPC presentation featuring select international Ductal projects. This is an in depth look at the types of architectural projects UHPC is best suited for.
A Study on Translucent Concrete Product and Its Properties by Using Optical F...IJMER
- Translucent concrete is a concrete based material with light-transferring properties,
obtained due to embedded light optical elements like Optical fibers used in concrete. Light is conducted
through the concrete from one end to the other. This results into a certain light pattern on the other
surface, depending on the fiber structure. Optical fibers transmit light so effectively that there is
virtually no loss of light conducted through the fibers. This paper deals with the modeling of such
translucent or transparent concrete blocks and panel and their usage and also the advantages it brings
in the field. The main purpose is to use sunlight as a light source to reduce the power consumption of
illumination and to use the optical fiber to sense the stress of structures and also use this concrete as an
architectural purpose of the building
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transparent concrete using optical fibers its emerging techniques which is most helpful in future...
this idea is very much useful to save electrical energy which helpful for our upcoming generations..
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A UHPC (ultra high performance concrete) presentation projects.Nolan Mayrhofer
UHPC presentation featuring select international Ductal projects. This is an in depth look at the types of architectural projects UHPC is best suited for.
A Study on Translucent Concrete Product and Its Properties by Using Optical F...IJMER
- Translucent concrete is a concrete based material with light-transferring properties,
obtained due to embedded light optical elements like Optical fibers used in concrete. Light is conducted
through the concrete from one end to the other. This results into a certain light pattern on the other
surface, depending on the fiber structure. Optical fibers transmit light so effectively that there is
virtually no loss of light conducted through the fibers. This paper deals with the modeling of such
translucent or transparent concrete blocks and panel and their usage and also the advantages it brings
in the field. The main purpose is to use sunlight as a light source to reduce the power consumption of
illumination and to use the optical fiber to sense the stress of structures and also use this concrete as an
architectural purpose of the building
Isotherm Studies for Performance Evaluation of Functionalized Carbon Nanotube...IJERA Editor
Composite Nanofiltration membranes were fabricated by incorporating Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) and Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) membranes. A suspension was prepared by dispersing CNT (30 minutes of sonication) in Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) solvent for 0.5 mg/ml. This suspension after vacuum filtration dispersed over PVDF membrane of pore size 0.22μm. Excess DMSO was removed by washing using Ethanol followed by Deionized water. Normal and various functionalized (Hydroxyl (-OH), Carboxylic (-COOH), Amine (-NH2)) SWCNTs and MWCNTs were purchased and the CNT based polymer composite nanofiltration membranes were fabricated by vacuum filtration method at a uniform loading of 10mg/cm2. The experimental results were used to evaluate the TDS removal efficiency of the fabricated membrane modules, which are normal and functionalized (4 composites in both SW and MW combinations) CNT. The TDS removal efficiency of all the 8 composite membranes were observed under varied operating conditions viz., varying flow rate (100,150,200 and 250 ml/hr) and influent TDS (2500, 3000, 4000 and 5000 mg/l). The flux of the membrane is varied 200 to 500 lit/m2.hr. The Isotherm studies using the experimental data on Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models validated the results of the experiment and are indicative of the role of adsorption of the functionalized CNT based polymer composite nanofiltration membranes which removing the TDS. The results showed that the amino functionalized SWCNTs based polymer composite (PVDF/SWCNTs) nanofiltration membranes can be used as an effective adsorbent for desalination due to their high adsorption capacity.
Pervious concrete is a concrete composite material consisting of coarse
aggregate, cement and water. Because of the absence of fine aggregate in the mixture,
the aggregates are bonded together at its points of contact by cement paste, resulting
in a high percentage of interconnected voids that, when functioning correctly, permit
the rapid percolation of water through the concrete. In this work, polypropylene
monofilament and fibrillated fibres are selected as raw materials in three varying
percentage. 0.2% of fiber is added by the total volume of concrete and a new method
for determining the permeability of pervious concrete that provides better design
methodology is used. The experimental test values of permeability are discussed and
validated using Avizo software. The mix design is done for the water to binder ratio of
0.30. Coarse aggregate of 10 mm and 4.75 mm are selected in order to reduce the
void content as per the ACI 522R-06 codal provision. The addition of polypropylene
fibers shows enhancement in mechanical properties of the pervious concrete as
expected
Experimental and Analytical Investigation on Strength Properties of Concrete ...HARISH B A
The experiment work carried out by micro silica as a supplementary material for cement and evaluate
cement for M20 grade of concrete. We are adding 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% by weight of cement in concrete. The
material chosen for structural up gradation should not pollute the environment. They should be accessible to the
ordinary people and low monetary cost. Coconut fibre is abundant, versatile, renewable, cheap and more resistant
thermal conductivity. Coconut fibres have the highest toughness amongst natural fibre. They have potential to be used
as reinforcement in low cost concrete structures, especially in tropical earth quake region. The aim of investigation is
study the possibilities to use coconut fibre in addition to other constituents of concrete and strength properties. The
influence of 1%, 2% and 3% fibre content by mass of cement and aspect ratio 125, fibre cut length 2.80cm is
investigated. To evaluate the effect of coconut fibres improving the properties of concrete.At 1% addition of coconut
fibre, 5% silica fume with water cement ratio 0.53. compressive strength test and split tensile strength gives best result
in concrete.
The usage of cement has been increased
throughout the world which has severe effect on the
environment. replacement of cement in concrete is in very
much need, for which several materials came into existence
like flyash, silicafume GGBS and geopolymers etc.one such
material which will act as cementinious materials is used in
the study which will reduce cracks and fissures in concrete
by utilizing microbiologically induced calcite (CaCo3
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precipitation called Bio Mineralization produced by Bacillus
subtilis in the presence of chemicals. In this project,
bacterial concrete is prepared under grade of concrete M25
and Natural fiber is added in total volume of concrete in
desired level which will cure the cracks automatically by
forming calcium carbonate precipitate as well as to achieve
more Compressive strength and Flexural strength. To avoid
corrosion, the bacterial concrete along with natural fibers is
used which results in self healing process.
In this study, the behavior of bacterial fibre
concrete was investigated experimentally. Various
parameters like compressive strength, flexural strength and
splitting tensile strength of specimens for bacterial fibres
concrete have been studied. Then these values for bacterial
and bacterial fibre concrete are compared with the
conventional concrete.
Effect of Nano Silica on the Compressive Strength of Concreteijtsrd
Concrete is one of the most important materials in the construction world. In the present scenario, due to the various industrialization, especially in the urban areas, the demand of construction work increases progressively. Due to which there is very high demand of concrete. So, it is very important to improve the durability and properties of concrete. For this there are various admixtures which are partially replaced with the cement like fly ash, slag, silica fumes, rice husk etc. However, in the present situation, Nano technology comes as a very faithful approach for improving the strength and durability of the concrete. In this project, M30 concrete is used and we use Nano silica of size 236nm as a partial replacement in concrete. Nano silica enters into the pores of the concrete and sets early due to which the permeability and strength of concrete are improved. An experimental analysis has been done by replacing the cement with Nano silica by increasing its percentage as 0.5 , 1 , 2 and 3 b.w.c. The results show that with increase in amount of Nano silica, the compressive strength increases up to 3 , however, if amount of Nano silica goes beyond 3 , the compressive strength of concrete starts decreasing. In these experimental tests, there are 10 cubes prepared with the sample and tested at 7 and 28 days. Bhupender | Sunil Kumar | Vikram "Effect of Nano Silica on the Compressive Strength of Concrete" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd28090.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/civil-engineering/28090/effect-of-nano-silica-on-the-compressive-strength-of-concrete/bhupender
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Democratizing Fuzzing at Scale by Abhishek Aryaabh.arya
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Courier management system project report.pdfKamal Acharya
It is now-a-days very important for the people to send or receive articles like imported furniture, electronic items, gifts, business goods and the like. People depend vastly on different transport systems which mostly use the manual way of receiving and delivering the articles. There is no way to track the articles till they are received and there is no way to let the customer know what happened in transit, once he booked some articles. In such a situation, we need a system which completely computerizes the cargo activities including time to time tracking of the articles sent. This need is fulfilled by Courier Management System software which is online software for the cargo management people that enables them to receive the goods from a source and send them to a required destination and track their status from time to time.
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2. CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION
2. INVENTOR AND INVENTION
3. SELF SENSING CONCRETE
4. LABORATORY EXPERIMENT
5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
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3. INTRODUCTION
Concrete that is itself a sensor of strain or stress.
The sensing ability is not due to the embedment or attachment of sensors.
The concrete has been modified through the use of admixtures so that it becomes a sensor
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4. INTRODUCTION
The sensing ability of smart concrete are based on the change of electrical resistance.
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5. INVENTOR AND INVENTION
Invented by Professor Deborah Chung in University at Buffalo, State University of New York. (1993)
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6. Self Sensing Concrete
1.Smart Concrete Produced From Short Carbon Fibres
2.Smart Concrete Produced from CNTs
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7. Self Sensing Concrete
1.Smart Concrete Produced From Short Carbon Fibres
Contain short carbon fibres, typically 5 mm in length
Fibre content is 0.2 vol. % of cement
Silica fume content is 15% by weight of cement
Methylcellulose content is 0.4% by weight of cement
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9. Self sensing concrete
2. Smart Concrete Produced from CNTs
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are seamless tubular structures.
The diameters of CNTs are in the range of 1~20 nm
The lengths are in the range of 0.2~5 μm.
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11. The mix was prepared with:
Fibre content is 0.2 vol. % of cement
Silica fume content is 15% by weight
of cement
Methylcellulose content is 0.4% by
weight of cement
1. The mix was molded into square
shape with 2 embedded electrode, 1
cm apart.
2. The specimen were cured at standard
temperature of 20 degrees centigrade
and 100 % humidity.
3. Specimens were dried at temperature
of 50 degrees centigrade for 5 days.
EXPERIMENT
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15. CONCLUSION
•The piezoresitive property of carbon nanotubes/CFs enables the composite to detect the stress/stain inside the pavement.
•Experimental results demonstrated that the CNT/cement composite function as excellent stress/strain sensors
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16. RFERENCES
REFERENCES
[1] B. Demirel, S. Yaziciog˘lu and N. Orhan. (December 2006). Electrical behaviour of carbon fibre-reinforced. Magazine of
Concrete Research, 7.
[2] Chung, D. D. (2006). The Road to Scientific Success. Singapore: World Scientific Pubilishing Co.Pte.Ltd.
[3] Chung, D. D. (1994). Carbon Fiber Composite. Washington: Butterworth-Heinemann.
[4] Chung, D. D. (13 October 1994). Strain sensor based on resistance change accompanying the reversible pull-out of
conducting short fibers in a less conducting matrix. Smart Mater. Strum.
[5] Dr. Xun Yu, Dr. Eil Kwon. (April 2012). Carbon Nanotube Based Self-sensing Concrete for Pavement. Washington:
University of Minnesota Duluth.
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