Mortar-diatom composites for smart sensors and buildings

Canning, J

Mortar-diatom composites for smart sensors and buildings

Canning, J

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Publisher:: OPTICAL SOC AMER
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Optical Materials Express, 2021, 11, (2), pp. 457-467
Issue Date:: 2021-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Canning, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-7783
dc.date.accessioned	2021-05-07T03:17:07Z
dc.date.available	2021-05-07T03:17:07Z
dc.date.issued	2021-02-01
dc.identifier.citation	Optical Materials Express, 2021, 11, (2), pp. 457-467
dc.identifier.issn	2159-3930
dc.identifier.issn	2159-3930
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/148773
dc.description.abstract	To address the challenge of appropriate cementitious materials that can support future optical fbre sensors with reduced strains for smart city infrastructure, reducing structural heterogeneity by integrating diatomous earth is proposed. A series of samples made up of commercial grade instant mortar and an increased percentage of diatomous earth are fabricated and characterised. Mindful of the growing importance of “in-the-feld” measurements and diagnostics to wider construction technology evolution, hardness properties are measured using Mohs scratch test and portable feld durometers; the latter was shown to be efective in post-plasticity assessment of these cement composites. Within experimental error low added concentrations improve cement hardness whilst making the cement more plastic. Structural colour is introduced by the diatoms and novel characterisation using a smartphone and polymer lens proposed and demonstrated. The implications for CO2 trapping and intelligent structural health monitoring (ISHM) for internet-of-things (IoT) in smart city infrastructure are discussed.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	OPTICAL SOC AMER
dc.relation.ispartof	Optical Materials Express
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1364/OME.418119
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject	0205 Optical Physics, 1007 Nanotechnology
dc.title	Mortar-diatom composites for smart sensors and buildings
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	11
utslib.for	0205 Optical Physics
utslib.for	1007 Nanotechnology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - GBDTC - Global Big Data Technologies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
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dc.date.updated	2021-05-07T03:17:05Z
pubs.issue	2
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	11
utslib.citation.issue	2

Abstract:

To address the challenge of appropriate cementitious materials that can support future optical fbre sensors with reduced strains for smart city infrastructure, reducing structural heterogeneity by integrating diatomous earth is proposed. A series of samples made up of commercial grade instant mortar and an increased percentage of diatomous earth are fabricated and characterised. Mindful of the growing importance of “in-the-feld” measurements and diagnostics to wider construction technology evolution, hardness properties are measured using Mohs scratch test and portable feld durometers; the latter was shown to be efective in post-plasticity assessment of these cement composites. Within experimental error low added concentrations improve cement hardness whilst making the cement more plastic. Structural colour is introduced by the diatoms and novel characterisation using a smartphone and polymer lens proposed and demonstrated. The implications for CO2 trapping and intelligent structural health monitoring (ISHM) for internet-of-things (IoT) in smart city infrastructure are discussed.

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