Damage Detection of a Concrete Column Subject to Blast Loads Using Embedded Piezoceramic Transducers

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 18; no. 5; p. 1377
• Main Authors: Xu, Kai, Deng, Qingshan, Cai, Lujun, Ho, Siuchun, Song, Gangbing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.04.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Concrete; smart aggregate (SA); blast loads; concrete column; damage index; damage detection; wavelet packet analysis; piezoceramic transducers

Some of the most severe structural loadings come in the form of blast loads, which may be caused by severe accidents or even terrorist activities. Most commonly after exposure to explosive forces, a structure will suffer from different degrees of damage, and even progress towards a state of collapse...