Preliminary research on monitoring the durability of concrete subjected to sulfate attack with optical fibre Raman spectroscopy

Yanfei Yue; Yun Bai; P. A. Muhammed Basheer; John J. Boland; Jing Jing Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2015153

19 April 2013 Preliminary research on monitoring the durability of concrete subjected to sulfate attack with optical fibre Raman spectroscopy

Yanfei Yue, Yun Bai, P. A. Muhammed Basheer, John J. Boland, Jing Jing Wang

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Proceedings Volume 8692, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2013; 86920K (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015153
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Formation of ettringite and gypsum from sulfate attack together with carbonation and chloride ingress have been considered as the most serious deterioration mechanisms of concrete structures. Although Electrical Resistance Sensors and Fibre Optic Chemical Sensors could be used to monitoring the latter two mechanisms in situ, currently there is no system for monitoring the deterioration mechanisms of sulfate attack and hence still needs to be developed. In this paper, a preliminary study was carried out to investigate the feasibility of monitoring the sulfate attack with optical fibre Raman spectroscopy through characterizing the ettringite and gypsum formed in deteriorated cementitious materials under an ‘optical fibre excitation + spectroscopy objective collection’ configuration. Bench-mounted Raman spectroscopy analysis was also used to validate the spectrum obtained from the fibre-objective configuration. The results showed that the expected Raman bands of ettringite and gypsum in the sulfate attacked cement paste have been clearly identified by the optical fibre Raman spectroscopy and are in good agreement with those identified from bench-mounted Raman spectroscopy. Therefore, based on these preliminary results, there is a good potential of developing an optical fibre Raman spectroscopy-based system for monitoring the deterioration mechanisms of concrete subjected to the sulfate attack in the future.

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Yanfei Yue, Yun Bai, P. A. Muhammed Basheer, John J. Boland, and Jing Jing Wang "Preliminary research on monitoring the durability of concrete subjected to sulfate attack with optical fibre Raman spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 8692, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2013, 86920K (19 April 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015153

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Raman spectroscopy

Optical fibers

Cements

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