The electrical characteristics of cement-based material can be remarkably improved by the addition of short carbon fibers. Carbon fiber reinforced cement composite (CFRC) is an intrinsically smart material that can se...The electrical characteristics of cement-based material can be remarkably improved by the addition of short carbon fibers. Carbon fiber reinforced cement composite (CFRC) is an intrinsically smart material that can sense not only the stress and strain, but also the temperature. In this paper, variations of electrical resistivity with external applied load, and relation of thermoelectric force and temperature were investigated. Test results indicated that the electrical signal is related to the increase in the material volume resistivity during crack generation or propagation and the decrease in the resistivity during crack closure. Moreover, it was found that the fiber addition increased the linearity and reversibility of the Seebeck effect in the cement-based materials. The change of electrical characteristics reflects large amount of information of inner damage and temperature differential of composite, which can be used for stress-strain or thermal self-monitoring by embedding it in the concrete structures.展开更多
Concrete is a continuously evolving material, and even the definition of high-performance concrete has changed over time. In this paper, high-performance characteristics of concrete material are considered to be those...Concrete is a continuously evolving material, and even the definition of high-performance concrete has changed over time. In this paper, high-performance characteristics of concrete material are considered to be those that support the desirable durability, resilience, and sustainability of civil infrastructure that directly impact our quality of life. It is proposed that high-performance material characteristics include tensile ductility, autogenous crack-width control, and material “greenness.” Furthermore, smart functionalities should be aimed at enhancing infrastructure durability, resilience, and sustainability by responding to changes in the surrounding environment of the structure in order to perform desirable functions, thus causing the material to behave in a manner more akin to certain biological materials. Based on recent advances in engineered cementitious composites (ECCs), this paper suggests that concrete embodying such high-performance characteristics and smart multifunctionalities can be designed, and holds the potential to fulfill the expected civil infrastructure needs of the 21st century. Highlights of relevant properties of ECCs are provided, and directions for necessary future research are indicated.展开更多
The current power grid confronts severe challenges in satisfying customers'demands.Fast transition to the much more flexible power grid enriched with renewable energies,micro-grid,and distributed energy resources ...The current power grid confronts severe challenges in satisfying customers'demands.Fast transition to the much more flexible power grid enriched with renewable energies,micro-grid,and distributed energy resources has been considered as a straightforward solution to the customers’high demand.Using smart equipment and renewable energies,electric power generation and storage through the power grid domains will be facilitated,which enables bi-directional energy and information flows.The power grid with such enhanced features is called Smart Grid(SG).Controlling and managing the diverse sets of variables in the SG requires precise measuring,monitoring,communicating,and analytic systems which increase the complexity of the grid.This complexity is the main barrier to the realization of the SG up to now.The emergence of the Internet of Things(IoT)simplifies monitoring,communications,and data processing among smart things to connect to anything in the world.This motivates the SG stakeholders and researchers to proceed with the best way to exploit the IoT technologies in the SG.In this survey paper,we summarize various efforts in this regard to highlight the advantages of the IoT-enabled SG and its probable gaps.To this end,a comprehensive layered approach has been proposed in this paper to classify various applications of the IoT technologies in the SG.Investigating IoT opportunities in each architecture layer facilitates the role of each technology and its relationship with other technologies.Also,open issues and future measures for the realization of IoT-enabled SG have been discussed in the paper.展开更多
Digital networked communications are the key to all Internet-of-things applications, but especially to smart metering systems and the smart grid. In order to ensure a safe operation of systems and the privacy of users...Digital networked communications are the key to all Internet-of-things applications, but especially to smart metering systems and the smart grid. In order to ensure a safe operation of systems and the privacy of users, the transport layer security (TLS) protocol, a mature and well standardized solution for secure communications, may be used. We implemented the TLS protocol in its latest version in a way suitable for embedded and resource-constrained systems. This paper outlines the challenges and opportunities of deploying TLS in smart metering and smart grid applications and presents performance results of our TLS implementation. Our analysis shows that given an appropriate implementation and configuration, deploying TLS in constrained smart metering systems is possible with acceptable overhead.展开更多
由于用户的增多,导致智能电网的频谱资源紧张,严重影响了智能电网运行的稳定性,同时也降低了供电能力。为了解决这一问题,提出基于CRSN的智能电网资源跨层分配算法改进研究。将认知无线传感器网络(Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks,CRSN...由于用户的增多,导致智能电网的频谱资源紧张,严重影响了智能电网运行的稳定性,同时也降低了供电能力。为了解决这一问题,提出基于CRSN的智能电网资源跨层分配算法改进研究。将认知无线传感器网络(Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks,CRSN)引入智能电网中,通过认知节点感知智能电网主用户的频谱资源,找出可用的空闲频谱。借助图论着色将智能电网资源进行跨层分配建模,利用改进猫群算法求取分配模型最优解,得到智能电网资源跨层分配方案。实验结果表明,所研究算法求解到的方案是全局最优解,能够实现智能电网频谱资源的跨层分配。展开更多
Salt freezing damage has severe impacts on durability of cement-based materials(CBMs).Calcined layered double hydroxide(CLDH),as an efficient environmental-friendly adsorption material,can impart excellent salt freezi...Salt freezing damage has severe impacts on durability of cement-based materials(CBMs).Calcined layered double hydroxide(CLDH),as an efficient environmental-friendly adsorption material,can impart excellent salt freezing resistance to CBMs.In this work,salt freezing resistance improvement of CBMs incorporated with CLDH was experimentally evaluated by chloride binding capacity,mass loss rate,relative dynamic elastic modulus,setting time,compressive strength,and micro structure tests.Beside these,the salt freezing damage model was established to effectively express the quantitative relationship between influencing factors and evaluation indexes of the salt freezing resistance of CBMs.Results show that CLDH can reconstruct its original layered structure to form reconstructed layered double hydroxide(RLDH).RLDH combines with chloride ions to form RLDH-Cl recrystallization,which can improve chloride binding capacity and pore structures of CBMs to relieve the salt freezing damage.The salt freezing damage model indicates that the suitable CLDH content can evidently alleviate the salt freezing damage,which facilitates the quantitative analysis of the effect of CLDH on the salt freezing resistance of CBMs.展开更多
基金This work was supported by NSFC(No.59908007)a foundation for phosphor plan from the Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipality(No.01QE14052)The financial support from the Foundation for the University Key Studies of Shanghai was also gratefully acknowledged.
文摘The electrical characteristics of cement-based material can be remarkably improved by the addition of short carbon fibers. Carbon fiber reinforced cement composite (CFRC) is an intrinsically smart material that can sense not only the stress and strain, but also the temperature. In this paper, variations of electrical resistivity with external applied load, and relation of thermoelectric force and temperature were investigated. Test results indicated that the electrical signal is related to the increase in the material volume resistivity during crack generation or propagation and the decrease in the resistivity during crack closure. Moreover, it was found that the fiber addition increased the linearity and reversibility of the Seebeck effect in the cement-based materials. The change of electrical characteristics reflects large amount of information of inner damage and temperature differential of composite, which can be used for stress-strain or thermal self-monitoring by embedding it in the concrete structures.
基金supported by a grant from the CMMI program at the United States National Science Foundation(1634694).
文摘Concrete is a continuously evolving material, and even the definition of high-performance concrete has changed over time. In this paper, high-performance characteristics of concrete material are considered to be those that support the desirable durability, resilience, and sustainability of civil infrastructure that directly impact our quality of life. It is proposed that high-performance material characteristics include tensile ductility, autogenous crack-width control, and material “greenness.” Furthermore, smart functionalities should be aimed at enhancing infrastructure durability, resilience, and sustainability by responding to changes in the surrounding environment of the structure in order to perform desirable functions, thus causing the material to behave in a manner more akin to certain biological materials. Based on recent advances in engineered cementitious composites (ECCs), this paper suggests that concrete embodying such high-performance characteristics and smart multifunctionalities can be designed, and holds the potential to fulfill the expected civil infrastructure needs of the 21st century. Highlights of relevant properties of ECCs are provided, and directions for necessary future research are indicated.
文摘The current power grid confronts severe challenges in satisfying customers'demands.Fast transition to the much more flexible power grid enriched with renewable energies,micro-grid,and distributed energy resources has been considered as a straightforward solution to the customers’high demand.Using smart equipment and renewable energies,electric power generation and storage through the power grid domains will be facilitated,which enables bi-directional energy and information flows.The power grid with such enhanced features is called Smart Grid(SG).Controlling and managing the diverse sets of variables in the SG requires precise measuring,monitoring,communicating,and analytic systems which increase the complexity of the grid.This complexity is the main barrier to the realization of the SG up to now.The emergence of the Internet of Things(IoT)simplifies monitoring,communications,and data processing among smart things to connect to anything in the world.This motivates the SG stakeholders and researchers to proceed with the best way to exploit the IoT technologies in the SG.In this survey paper,we summarize various efforts in this regard to highlight the advantages of the IoT-enabled SG and its probable gaps.To this end,a comprehensive layered approach has been proposed in this paper to classify various applications of the IoT technologies in the SG.Investigating IoT opportunities in each architecture layer facilitates the role of each technology and its relationship with other technologies.Also,open issues and future measures for the realization of IoT-enabled SG have been discussed in the paper.
基金supported in part by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy as a cooperative ZIM-KF project under Grant No.KF2471305ED2the good cooperation with the project partner SSV Software Systems GmbH
文摘Digital networked communications are the key to all Internet-of-things applications, but especially to smart metering systems and the smart grid. In order to ensure a safe operation of systems and the privacy of users, the transport layer security (TLS) protocol, a mature and well standardized solution for secure communications, may be used. We implemented the TLS protocol in its latest version in a way suitable for embedded and resource-constrained systems. This paper outlines the challenges and opportunities of deploying TLS in smart metering and smart grid applications and presents performance results of our TLS implementation. Our analysis shows that given an appropriate implementation and configuration, deploying TLS in constrained smart metering systems is possible with acceptable overhead.
文摘由于用户的增多,导致智能电网的频谱资源紧张,严重影响了智能电网运行的稳定性,同时也降低了供电能力。为了解决这一问题,提出基于CRSN的智能电网资源跨层分配算法改进研究。将认知无线传感器网络(Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks,CRSN)引入智能电网中,通过认知节点感知智能电网主用户的频谱资源,找出可用的空闲频谱。借助图论着色将智能电网资源进行跨层分配建模,利用改进猫群算法求取分配模型最优解,得到智能电网资源跨层分配方案。实验结果表明,所研究算法求解到的方案是全局最优解,能够实现智能电网频谱资源的跨层分配。
基金This work is supported by Science and Technology Development Project of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (No. 2021DB005)Project of Department of Transport of Shaanxi Province (21-53K)+1 种基金the Central Plains Thousand People Plan of Henan Province (204200510004)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, CHD (300102312724, 300102312402). The authors also thank to the reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions concerning our manuscript.
文摘Salt freezing damage has severe impacts on durability of cement-based materials(CBMs).Calcined layered double hydroxide(CLDH),as an efficient environmental-friendly adsorption material,can impart excellent salt freezing resistance to CBMs.In this work,salt freezing resistance improvement of CBMs incorporated with CLDH was experimentally evaluated by chloride binding capacity,mass loss rate,relative dynamic elastic modulus,setting time,compressive strength,and micro structure tests.Beside these,the salt freezing damage model was established to effectively express the quantitative relationship between influencing factors and evaluation indexes of the salt freezing resistance of CBMs.Results show that CLDH can reconstruct its original layered structure to form reconstructed layered double hydroxide(RLDH).RLDH combines with chloride ions to form RLDH-Cl recrystallization,which can improve chloride binding capacity and pore structures of CBMs to relieve the salt freezing damage.The salt freezing damage model indicates that the suitable CLDH content can evidently alleviate the salt freezing damage,which facilitates the quantitative analysis of the effect of CLDH on the salt freezing resistance of CBMs.