Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Directorate of Roads and Bridges, Baghdad, Iraq.

2 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

New self-sensing cementitious composites embedded in the highway pavement for vehicle detection and weigh during motion is fabricated. Smart carbon fiber (CF) reinforced cement-based materials with high sensitive property are used as sensors. These smart composites may be able to detect the traffic and sense the weight in motion, thanks to their piezoresistive property. Cement-based sensors capability to vehicle detection was investigated in a real field at the University of Technology campus. Findings clarify that the CF-Based cementitious composites provide have a great potential to use as sensors for detect traffic and its composition also it possibly identifies different vehicular axle loadings (weigh during motion).

Highlights

  • Highways may smart to traffic detection by use of self-sensing materials.
  • Cementitious sensors with sensitive property to weigh in motion.
  • Applied traffic load changes the electrical resistivity of sensors through passing.

Keywords

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