Title:	Continuous monitoring of elastic modulus of mortars using a single-board computer and cost-effective components
Authors:	Russo, Thomas Ribeiro, Renan Rocha Araghi, Amir Lameiras, Rodrigo de Melo Granja, José Azenha, Miguel
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9992-8965 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-3171 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3804-9427 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-9427
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	University of Minho, Department of Civil Engineering University of Minho, Department of Civil Engineering Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Ambiental Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Ambiental University of Minho, Department of Civil Engineering
Assunto::	Módulo de elasticidade Código aberto Custo-benefício Monitoramento contínuo Reforço estrutural Materiais de construção - reforço
Issue Date:	22-Apr-2023
Publisher:	MDPI
Citation:	RUSSO, Thomas et al. Continuous monitoring of elastic modulus of mortars using a single-board computer and cost-effective components. Buildings, [S.l.], v. 1117, n. 13, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051117. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/5/1117. Acesso em: 13 nov. 2024.
Abstract:	The Elastic Modulus Measurement through Ambient Response Method (EMM-ARM) is designed to continuously monitor the elastic modulus of hardening construction materials such as concrete, cement paste, mortars, stabilized soils, and epoxy resin. In practice, a composite beam, made of the tested material in its mould, is induced to vibration by means of environmental or controlled excitation, and its resonant frequency is identified. The material’s elastic modulus can then be calculated based on the vibration equation of structural systems. The traditional system to conduct EMM-ARM experiments is based on specialized equipment and on proprietary licensed software, which results in a considerable cost, as well as limited options for customization. The paper hereby presented proposes a delve into the development and validation of a cost-effective and open-source system that is able to conduct EMM-ARM experiments. By using a Raspberry Pi for the computing device and cost-effective electronic components, the cost of the system was one-twentieth of the traditional one, without compromising the measurement reliability. The composite beam’s excitation is generated, while the vibration response is recorded by the proposed system simultaneously, since the Raspberry Pi supports multiprocessing programming techniques. The flexibility earned by the exclusive use of open-source and cost-effective resources creates countless application possibilities for the proposed system.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Tecnologia (FT) Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Ambiental (FT ENC)
metadata.dc.description.ppg:	Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estruturas e Construção Civil
Licença::	(CC-BY) © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051117
metadata.dc.relation.publisherversion:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/5/1117
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