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Strain/Stress Self-Sensing Precast-Box Culvert: Smart Element Design, and Experimental Verification

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The present study involves the smart precast box culvert, which can sense the strain and stress achieved based on the fiber optic sensor embedded into the fiber-reinforced polymer. These culverts (2.00 × 2.00 × 2.00 m) was investigated experimentally with different seven trial load tests subject to join the dual box culvert using two steel strand and two smart steel strand (CH2&CH3) which is connected to fiber-reinforced polymer strain sensor for analyzing deformation sensor, line load strain, stress region, and stress–strain self-sensing of the culverts. From the monitored results in this self-sensing static load test, the maximum deformation sensor was 131.75 µɛ at the lower smart steel strand (CH3) and the cracks (0.10 mm) initiated on the roof slab of the culverts for a specimen due to bending moment in the culvert not exceeded its moment capacity because the applied load was smaller than the ultimate load. This paper proposes a series of fiber-reinforced polymer strain sensors to connect to the smart strand to completely meet the culvert’s requirements, and their sensing performance is come out. This study, therefore, implied that the experimental finding of the fiber-reinforced polymer strain sensors has the potential to monitor the structural health over time.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful for the financial support of the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Project No.: 2017YFC0703410, 2018YFC0809400), the Special Fund for the Innovative Talents in the Field of Science and Technology in Harbin (Project No.: RC2014QN012014), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Project No.: HIT.BRET III.2012 33), and the Fund of China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Co. (Project No.: MH20170232). At last but not least, I would like to acknowledge the Zhongda Road and Bridge Material Limited Company.

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The National Key Basic Research Program of China (Project No.: 2017YFC0703410, 2018YFC0809400), the Special Fund for the Innovative Talents in the Field of Science and Technology in Harbin (Project No.: RC2014QN012014), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Project No.: HIT.BRET III.2012 33), and the Fund of China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Co. (Project No.: MH20170232). At last but not least, I would like to acknowledge to Zhongda Road and Bridge Material Limited Company.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China

    Zenagebriel Gebremedhn & Guofu Qiao

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Ethiopian Institute of Technology-Mekelle, Mekelle University, Mekelle, 231, Ethiopia

    Zenagebriel Gebremedhn

  3. Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Underground Engineering Technology, Engineering School, Harbin University, Harbin, 150086, China

    Lu Sun

  4. Zhongxin Road and Bridge Material Limited Company, Harbin, 150090, China

    Hang Li

  5. Zhixing FRP Reinforcement Nantong Limited Company, Jiangsu, 226010, China

    Shi Bai

  6. Zhixing FRP Reinforcement Nantong Limited Company, Nantong, 226000, China

    Huang Jin

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Gebremedhn, Z., Qiao, G., Sun, L. et al. Strain/Stress Self-Sensing Precast-Box Culvert: Smart Element Design, and Experimental Verification. Int J Civ Eng 19, 851–859 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40999-020-00569-6

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