CIVIL ENGINEERING

MATERIALS

SMART CONCRETE

LECTURER : DR. NORHAYATI BINTI NGADIMAN

GROUP MEMBERS : MUHAMMAD FAKHRUDDIN BIN JASNI
MUHAMMAD SYAHILMI
BIN MUSTAFA
MUHAMMAD ZIQRIEL HAQEEM BIN ZAINUDIN
NUR AKMALZATUL SYAZANA BINTI MOHD YUSOF
NUR AIN BINTI
AHMAD

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Dr. Deborah Chung, an expert in composite materials and structural

science at The State University of New York at Buffalo
Composed not only of the basic ingredients of any concrete such as
water, a cement binder, and gravel but also carbon fibers.

These fibers easily conduct electricity and can be used to measure conductivity
across a block of the smart concrete.
Any changes in its resistivity might indicate the presence of minute cracks or
other types of deformation in concrete structures long before they are visible to
the naked eye.
The sensing ability of smart concrete are based on the change of the electrical
resistance.

2.0 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF

CARBON FIBERS IN SMART CONCRETE
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Has high strength to weight ratio (also

Corrosion resistant and chemically stable.

Very rigid

Thermal conductivity of carbon fiber.

Has good tensile strength

Non-poisonous, biologically inert, X-ray

known as specific strength).

permeable.
Electrically conductive

Brittle

3.0 PROCEDURE
The mix (mortar) was prepared with : Contain short carbon fibers,typically 5mm in length
Fibers in the amount of 0.5% by weight of cement
Silica fume 15% by weight of cement
Methylcellulose 0.4% by weight of cement
Water-reducing agent TAMOL SN

-Slump of carbon-fiber-reinforced cement

tends to decrease with increasing carbon
fiber content
- To maintain the mortar at a reasonable
flow value in the range of 150 + 50 mm

- As a raw materials
- Added to disperse the fibers
- Silica fume served to
enhance the fiber-matrix
bonding

Cement , sand , silica

fume , methylcellulose
and gravel were mixed for
5 minutes in a mixer
(Hobard model A200F)

Demolded and subjected to

48 hours of steam curing at
70C
The specimen were cured at
standard temperature of 20
degrees centigrade for 20 hours
after casting

Water added along with

the water reducing agent
and the carbon fibers and
mixing for 1 minute at
low speed

Specimens were dried at

temperature of 50 degrees
centigrade for 7 days.

Casting of concrete into molds

and consolidating the molded
concrete using a vibration table

 Compressive strength and the volume

electrical resistivity test.

4.0 ADVANTAGES OF SMART CONCRETE

More conductive

Stronger than conventional

concrete by the use of carbon

fibers

Response to damage or

It takes greater force for smart

Able to detect even minute

It absorbs more energy before

change in the amount of

fracture

Reduce the risk of fractures

Monitoring can be a real-time

defamation

stress inside

in a long time.

concrete to bend

and continuous effort.

5.0
DISADVANTAGES
OF SMART
CONCRETE

the extra cost of

material will
increase about
30%

this expense is
still
significantly
cheaper than
attaching or
embedding
sensors into
structures

6.0 APPLICATION OF SMART CONCRETE

Border
monitoring

Traffic
monitoring

Weighing in
motion

Building
security
Building
facility
management

7.0 COMPARISON
EMBEDDED SENSORS

CHARACTERISTIC

CARBON FIBER

HIGHER

COST

LOWER

LOWER

DURABILITY

HIGHER

LIMITED

SENSING VOLUME

WIDELY

DECREASE
( DEGRADATION)

STRUCTURAL
PERFORMANCE OF THE
CONCRETE

INCREASE

THE END