Wind turbine foundation deburial sensors based on induction-heated ceramic patches
Perry, Marcus and Saafi, Mohamed and Fusiek, Grzegorz and Niewczas, Pawel; Ilki, Alper and Motavalli, Masoud and Inci, Pinar and Köhli, Michèle, eds. (2015) Wind turbine foundation deburial sensors based on induction-heated ceramic patches. In: Proceedings of SMAR 2015 the 3rd Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures. Istanbul Technical University, TUR. ISBN 9783905594652
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Abstract
The deburial and scouring of concrete wind turbine and bridge foundations presents a risk to structural stability and safety. In this work, we present a novel, ceramic temperature-sensing patch which can detect whether sections of a foundation are buried or exposed to air. The sensor patches, applied to concrete specimens, were fabricated by loading a geopolymer with 0 - 60 wt% ground magnetite. The magnetite content allowed the patches to be heated using an induction coil, while temperature profiles were monitored via changes in patch electrical impedance. Sensor patches were left uncoated, or were coated in surface-water, soil and sand. Each material provided a unique thermal signature which, with simple signal processing, could be used to reliably detect whether the patch was buried.
ORCID iDs
Perry, Marcus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9173-8198, Saafi, Mohamed, Fusiek, Grzegorz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-7803 and Niewczas, Pawel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3291-1725; Ilki, Alper, Motavalli, Masoud, Inci, Pinar and Köhli, Michèle-
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Item type: Book Section ID code: 58063 Dates: DateEvent7 September 2015Published10 June 2015AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Department: Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering > Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 05 Oct 2016 09:30 Last modified: 28 Nov 2024 01:30 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/58063