GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, JALGAON 425001

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the seminar entitled, “SYNTHETIC WATER REPELLENT

SOILS”, which is being submitted herewith the result of the work completed by VIJAY
MOTAMWAR, under my supervision and guidance within the four walls of the institute and
the same has not been submitted elsewhere for the award of any degree.

Prof. Dr. S.S. Pusadkar Prof. Dr. S. S. Pusadkar

(Guide) (Guide)
Head of Civil Engineering Department Head of Civil Engineering Department

Examiner

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the seminar entitled, “SYNTHETIC WATER REPELLENT

SOILS” was carried out and written by us under the guidance of Prof. Dr. S.S. Pusadkar,
Head of Civil Engineering Department, Govt. College of Engineering, Jalgaon. This work has
not been previously formed the basis for the award of any degree or diploma or certificate nor
has been submitted elsewhere for the award of any degree or diploma.

VIJAY MOTAMWAR
(1451034)
B.Tech. Civil Engineering
Government College of Engineering
Jalgaon

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

At the outset, I wish to express our deep sense of gratitude to our guide Prof. Dr. S. S.
Pusadkar, Head of Civil Engineering Department, Govt. College of Engineering, Jalgaon for
the grateful efforts to inoculate in us & his direction encouraged us to complete this seminar
report & only due to his illuminating supervision, it became possible for us to study the whole
process in detail.

VIJAY MOTAWMAR
(1451034)

B.Tech. Civil Engineering

Government College of Engineering
Jalgaon

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 CONTENTS

Chapter Title Page No

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Certificate
Declaration
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Contents
List of figure
1 Introduction
1.1 General
1.2 Definition Of Structural Health Monitoring
1.3 Inspiration For SHM Technology Development
1.4 Brief Historical Overview
2 Literature Review
3 Working Of Structural Health Monitoring
4 Limitation of structural health monitoring
5 Overview Of Health Monitoring Definitions And Systems
1.1 General
1.2 Definition Of Bridge Health Monitoring
1.3 Types Of Monitoring
5.3.1 Time Frame Short-Term
5.3.2 Scale Local
5.4 Monitoring Metrics
5.4.1 General Metrics Acceleration
5.4.2 Concrete Metrics Corrosion
5.4.3 Steel Metrics Corrosion
6 Types Of Systems
6.1 3-D Laser Scanning
6.2 Accelerometers

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 6.3 Acoustic Emission (AE)
6.4 Automated Laser Total Station
6.5 Chain Dragging
6.6 Concrete Resistivity
6.7 Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
6.8 Electrochemical Fatigue Sensing System
6.9 Electrical Impedance (Post-Tensioning Tendons)
6.10 Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges
6.11 Fatigue Life Indicator
6.12 Fiber Optics
6.13 Global Positioning System (GPS)
6.14 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR
6.15 Impact Echo
6.16 Infrared Thermography
6.17 Linear Polarization Resistance (LPR)
6.18 Linear Potentiometer (String Pots)
6.19 Linear Variable Differential Transformer
6.20 Macrocell Corrosion Rate Monitoring
6.21 Potential Measurements / Chloride Content
6.22 Scour Devices
6.23 Tiltmeters/Inclinometers
6.24 Ultrasonic C-Scan
6.25 Vibrating Wire Strain Gauge
7 Conclusion
8 Reference

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No. Title Page No.

1 Principle and organization of a SHM system

2 3-D Laser Scanning
3 Acoustic Emission Schematic
4 Automated Laser Total Station
5 Chain Dragging
6 Concrete Resistivity
7 Ground Penetrating Radar
8 Impact Echo Schematic (Gucunski 2006)
9 Infrared Thermography
10 Linear Polarization Resistance (LPR)
11 Linear Potentiometer Schematic
12 Scour Devices
13 Vibrating Wire Strain Gauge

LIST OF TABLES

Table No. Title Page No.

3.1 Methods of access wettability in granular materials 8

3.2 Shows the Equivalent value CA from WDPT versus 10
penetration time
4.1 Summary of shear strength results reported in Byun, 14
Y.-H. et al.. Note that c is suction dependent (i.e. values
have not been related to zero suction).

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