Paint-on "sensing skin" is designed to detect damage in concrete structures

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Although concrete structures such as bridges are now often built with strain sensors embedded within them, that certainly hasn't always been the case. In order to alert authorities to cracks developing within these older structures, one solution involves attaching sensors to them. Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland are working on an alternative, however – an electrically-conductive paint-on "sensing skin.".. Continue Reading Paint-on "sensing skin" is designed to detect damage in concrete structures

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Tags: Bridge, Concrete, North Carolina State University, Stress, University of Eastern Finland

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