Abstract: This paper describes the initial efforts to explore a new application of metakaolin-based geopolymers to structural health monitoring. A distributed geopolymer-fiber optic sensing (G-FOS) system is proposed, where geopolymers ...

Abstract: A fairly large amount of existing bridges in the United States are in an urgent need of repairing and upgrading. With the increasing application of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), the FRP-based structural system is a new ...