SMART Lab Publications

 

 

Journal Publications

  1. Rashetnia† R, Hallaji† M, Smyl† D, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz M. Detection and Localization of Changes in Two-Dimensional Temperature Distributions by Electrical Resistance Tomography. Smart Materials and Structures. 2017; 26 (11): 115021.
  2. Pour-Ghaz M, Wilson J, Nadukuru SS, Kim J, O’Connor SM, Byrne EM, Sigurdardottir DH, Yao Y, Michalowski RL, Lynch JP, Green RA, Bradshaw AS, Glisic B, Weiss WJ. Performance and Damage Evolution of Plain and Fiber- Reinforced Segmental Concrete Pipelines subjected to Transverse Permanent Ground Displacement. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 2017; Accepted.
  3. Smyl†, D., F. Ghasemzadeh, and M. Pour-Ghaz, Can the dual-permeability model be used to simulate unsaturated moisture flow in damaged mortar and concrete? International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, 2017. doi:10.1007/s12572-017-0180-y.
  4. Smyl† D, Rashetnia† R, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz M. Can Electrical Impedance Tomography be used for imaging unsaturated moisture flow in cement-based materials with discrete cracks? Cement and Concrete Research. Cement and Concrete Research, 2017; 91: 61-72.
  5. Pour-Ghaz M, Miller B, Khalaf Alla O, Rizkalla SH, Do Mechanical and Environmental Loading have a Synergistic Effect on the Degradation of Pultruded Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers? Composites Part B: Engineering. 2016; 106: 344–355.
  6. Smyl† D, Hallaji† M, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz M. Quantitative Electrical Imaging of Three-Dimensional Moisture Flow in Cement-Based Materials. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2016; 103: 1348–1358.
  7. Smyl† D, Hallaji† M, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz M. Three-Dimensional Electrical Impedance Tomography to Monitor Unsaturated Moisture Ingress in Cement-Based Materials. Transport in Porous Media. 2016; 115(1): 101-124.
  8. Smyl† D, Ghasemzadeh† F, Pour-Ghaz M. Modeling Water Absorption in Concrete and Mortar with Distributed Damage. Construction and Building Materials. 2016; 125: 438-449.
  9. Voss A, Pour-Ghaz M, Vauhkonen M, Seppänen A. Electrical Capacitance Tomography to Monitor Unsaturated Moisture Ingress in Cement-Based Materials. Cement and Concrete Research. 2016; 89:158-167.
  10. Seppänen A, Hallaji† M, Pour-Ghaz M. A Functionally Layered Sensing Skin for the Detection of Corrosive Elements and Cracking. Structural Health Monitoring. 2016; 2017. 16(2): 215-224.
  11. Rashetnia† R, Ghasemzadeh† F, Pour-Ghaz M. Axisymmetric Flexural Vibration for Estimating the Dynamic Elastic Modulus of Damaged Concrete and the Consequences of Material Nonlinearity on Measurements. Journal of Advanced concrete Technology. 2016; 14(6): 287-298.
  12. Ghasemzadeh† F, Rashetnia† R, Smyl† D, Pour-Ghaz M. A Comparison of Methods to Evaluate Mass Transport in Damaged Mortar. Cement and Concrete Composites. 2016; 70: 119-129.
  13. Li W, Pour-Ghaz M, Trtik P, Wyrzykowski M, Münch B, Lura P, Vontobel P, Lehmann E, and Weiss WJ. Using Neutron Radiography to Assess Water Absorption in Air Entrained Mortar. Construction and Building Materials; 2016; 110: 98-105.
  14. Hallaji† M, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz M. Electrical resistance tomography to monitor unsaturated moisture flow in cementitious materials. Cement and Concrete Research. 2015; 69: 10-18.
  15. Hallaji† M, Pour-Ghaz M. A new sensing skin for qualitative damage detection in concrete elements: Rapid difference imaging with electrical resistance tomography. NDT & E International. 2014; 68: 13-21.
  16. Hallaji† M, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz M. Electrical Impedance Tomography-Based Sensing Skin for Quantitative Imaging of Damage in Concrete. Smart Materials and Structures. 2014; 23(8): 085001.
  17. Ghasemzadeh† F. and Pour-Ghaz M. The Effect of Damage on Moisture Transport in Concrete. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 2015; 27(9): 04014242.
  18. Villani C, Spragg R, Pour-Ghaz M, Weiss WJ. The Influence of Pore Solutions Properties on Drying in Cementitious Materials. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 2014; 97(2): 386-393.
  19. Pour-Ghaz M. Sustainable Infrastructure Materials: Challenges and Opportunities. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 2013; 10(4): 584-592 (Invited paper).
  20. Pour-Ghaz M, Barrett T, Ley T, Materer N, Apblett A, Weiss WJ. Wireless Crack Detection in Concrete Elements using Conductive Surface Sensors and Radio Frequency Identification Technology. ASCE Journal of Civil Engineering Materials. 2014; 26(5):923-929.
  21. Kim J, Nadukuru SS, Pour-Ghaz M, Lynch JP, Michalowski RL, Bradshaw AS, Green RA, Weiss J. Assessment of the Behavior of Buried Concrete Pipelines Subjected to Ground Rupture: Experimental Study. ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice. 2012; 3(1): 8-16.
  22. Pour-Ghaz M, Castro J, Kladivko EJ, Weiss J. Characterizing lightweight aggregate desorption at high relative humidities using a pressure plate apparatus. ASCE Journal of Civil Engineering Materials. 2012; 24(8): 961-969.
  23. Li W, Pour-Ghaz M, Castro J, Weiss J. Water absorption and critical degree of saturation as it relates to freeze-thaw damage in concrete pavement joints. ASCE Journal of Civil Engineering Materials. 2012; 24(3): 299-307.
  24. Pour-Ghaz M, Poursaee A, Spragg R, Weiss J. Experimental methods to detect and quantify damage in restrained ring specimens. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology. 2011; 9(3): 251-260.
  25. Pour-Ghaz M, Weiss J. Application of frequency selective circuits for crack detection in concrete elements. Journal of ASTM International. 2011; 8(10).
  26. Pour-Ghaz M, Kim J, Nadukuru SS, O’Connor S, Michalowski RL, Bradshaw A, Green RA, Lynch JP, Poursaee A, Weiss J. Using electrical, magnetic and acoustic sensors to detect damage in segmental concrete pipes subjected to permanent ground displacement. Cement and Concrete Composites. 2011; 33(7): 749-762.
  27. Raoufi K, Pour-Ghaz M, Poursaee A, Weiss J. Restrained shrinkage cracking in concrete elements: the role of substrate bond on crack development. ASCE Journal of Civil Engineering Materials. 2011; 23(6): 895-902.
  28. Spragg R, Castro J, Li W, Pour-Ghaz M, Huang P-T, Weiss J. Wetting and drying of concrete using aqueous solutions containing deicing salts. Cement and Concrete Composites. 2011; 33(5):535-542.
  29. Pour-Ghaz M, Weiss J. Detecting the time and location of cracks using electrically conductive surfaces. Cement and Concrete Composites. 2011; 33(1):116-23.
  30. Pour-Ghaz M, Isgor OB, Ghods P. The effect of temperature on the corrosion of steel in concrete. Part 1: simulated polarization resistance tests and model development. Corrosion Science. 2009; 51(2):415-25.
  31. Pour-Ghaz M, Isgor OB, Ghods P. The effect of temperature on the corrosion of steel in concrete. Part 2: model verification and parametric study. Corrosion Science. 2009; 51(2):426-33.
  32. Pour-Ghaz M, Isgor OB, Ghods P. Quantitative interpretation of half-cell potential measurements in concrete structures. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 2009; 21(9):467-75.
  33. Ghods P, Isgor OB, Pour-Ghaz M. Experimental verification and application of a practical corrosion model for uniformly depassivated steel in concrete. Materials and Structures. 2008; 41(7):1211-23.
  34. Ghods P, Isgor OB, Pour-Ghaz M. A practical method for calculating the corrosion rate of uniformly depassivated reinforcing bars in concrete. Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe Und Korrosion. 2007; 58(4):265-72.

 

Conference Publications (Peer reviewed)

  1. Khalaf Alla†£ O, Pour-Ghaz M., Elsafty A, Rizkalla S. Durability of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Strands for Pre-Stressing Of Concrete Members. 5th International Conference on Durability of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction & Rehabilitation of Structures. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, July 19-21, 2017.
  2. Rashetnia† R, Smyl† D, Hallaji† M, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz£ A Novel Two-Dimensional Distributed Temperature Sensor Based On Electrical Resistance Tomography. 11th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM), Stanford, California, USA, September 12-14, 2017.
  3. Rashetnia† R, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz£ Preliminary Findings on The Size Dependence of Sensing Skin Damage Detection Resolution. 11th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM), Stanford, California, USA, September 12-14, 2017.
  4. Kusum£ SA, Pour-Ghaz M, Ducoste J. Evaluating Alternative Binder Materials for Sewer Collection System Concrete Structures to Reduce Fat, Oil, and Grease Related Sanitary Sewer Overflows. Collection Systems Conference 2018, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA, April 8-11, 2018.
  5. Khalaf Alla† O, Rizkalla£ S, Elsafty A., Pour-Ghaz M. Behavior of CFRP Strands Exposed To Severe Environmental Conditions. 9th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites in Civil Engineering CICI 2018, Paris, France, July 17-19, 2018.
  6. Rashetnia†£ R, Khalaf Alla† O, Hallaji† M, Gonzalez-Berrios† G, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz M. Electrical Resistance Tomography Based Sensing Skin with Internal Electrodes for Crack Detection in Large Structures. 27th ASNT Research Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 26-29, 2018.
  7. Voss£ A, Pour-Ghaz M, Vauhkonen M, Seppänen A. Difference Reconstruction Methods for Electrical Capacitance Tomography imaging of Two-dimensional Moisture Flow in Concrete. 9th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering (ICIPE), Waterloo, Canada, May 23-26 2017 (Accepted).
  8. Rashetnia R, Smyl D, Seppänen£ A, Pour-Ghaz M. Structural Health Monitoring using Electrical Resistance Tomography Based Sensing Skin: Detecting damage, corrosive elements, and temperature change. 9th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering (ICIPE), Waterloo, Canada, May 23-26 2017 (Accepted).
  9. Voss£ A, Pour-Ghaz M, Vauhkonen M, Seppänen A. Electrical Capacitance Tomography to Monitor Unsaturated Moisture Ingress in Cement-Based Materials. The 8th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Bilbao, Spain, July 5-8, 2016.
  10. Seppänen£ A, Hallaji† M, Smyl† D, Pour-Ghaz M. Electrical Impedance Tomography to Monitor Unsaturated Moisture Flows, and to Detect Corrosive Elements and Cracking In Cementitious Materials. The 8th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Bilbao, Spain, July 5-8, 2016.
  11. Hallaji† M, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz£ Electrical Impedance Tomography-based Sensing Skin for Structural Health Monitoring. The 10th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, September 1-3, 2015.
  12. Rashetnia†,£ R, and Pour-Ghaz M. Numerical High Resolution Methods for Estimating the Mechanical Properties of Layered Media using Ultrasonics. The 10th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, September 1-3, 2015.
  13. Smyl†,£ D, Hallaji† M, Seppänen A, Pour-Ghaz M. Three Dimensional Electrical Imaging of Moisture Ingress in Mortar. ACI SP (accepted)
  14. Seppänen£ A, Hallaji† M, Pour-Ghaz M. Electrical impedance tomography -based sensing skin for detection of damage in concrete. 11th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Oct 6-10, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic.
  15. Villani C£, Spragg R, Pour-Ghaz M, Weiss WJ, The role of deicing salts on the non-linear moisture diffusion Coefficient of cementitious materials during drying. The 10th international symposium on brittle matrix composites, October 15-17, 2012, Warsaw, Poland.
  16. Pour-Ghaz M£, Niemuth M, Weiss J. Use of electrical impedance spectroscopy and conductive surface films to detect cracking and damage in cement based materials. In Structural Health Monitoring Technologies – Part 1. Glisic B. Editor. ACI Special Publication. (Accepted- In press)
  17. Pour-Ghaz M£, Spragg R, Castro J, Weiss J. Can acoustic emission be used to detect alkali silica reaction earlier than length change tests? 14th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction, Austin, TX, May 20-25, 2012. (Paper No. 021811-POUR)
  18. Bradshaw AS£, Green RA, Lynch JP, Michalowski RL, Kim J, O’Connor S, Pour-Ghaz M, Nadukuru SS, Weiss J. A simple soil-Structure interaction model for indirect damage assessment of segmented concrete pipelines during PGD. 2011 ASCE Pipelines Conference. Seattle, Washington 2011. (DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41187(420)71)
  19. Green RA£, Lynch JP, Michalowski RL, Bradshaw A, Kim J, O’Connor S, Pour-Ghaz M, Nadukuru SS, Weiss J. Damage detection and health monitoring of buried, segmental concrete pipes. ASCE GeoFrontiers 2011. Dallas, TX 2011. p. 1743-52 (DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41165(397)178)
  20. Spragg R, Castro J, Li W, Pour-Ghaz M, Huang P-T, Weiss J£. Wetting and drying of concrete in presence of deicing salt solutions. Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. January 23-27, 2011. Paper #11-1371.
  21. Nadukuru SS, kim J, O’Connor S, Pour-Ghaz M, Michalowski RL£, Lynch JP, Green RA, Bradshaw A, Weiss J. Response of a buried concrete pipeline to ground rupture: a full-scale experiment and simulation. 5th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Santiago, Chile 2011. Paper # RBCSR.
  22. Pour-Ghaz M£, Spragg R, Weiss J. Moisture profiles and diffusion coefficients in mortars containing shrinkage reducing admixtures. International RILEM Conference on Use of Superabsorbent Polymers and Other New Additives in Concrete. Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 2010. p. 197-206.
  23. Pour-Ghaz M£, Weiss J. Quantifying damage due to aggregate expansion in cement matrix. in: Ideker JH, Radlinska A, editors. Advances in the Material Science of Concrete. ACI Special Publication. Chicago, IL; 2010. SP-270, p. 101-114.
  24. Kim J, O’Connor S, Nadukuru S, Lynch JP£, Michalowski R, Green RA, Pour-Ghaz M, Weiss WJ, Bradshaw A. Behavior of full-scale concrete segmented pipelines under permanent ground displacements. in: Kundu T, editor. Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2010: SPIE; 2010. p. 76500U-U-11.
  25. Bradshaw AS, daSilva G, McCue MT, Kim J, Nadukuru SS, Lynch J, Michalowski RL£, Pour-Ghaz M, Weiss J, Green RA. Damage detection and health monitoring of buried concrete pipelines. In: Oka FMAKS, editor. International Symposium on Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation. Kyoto, Japan 2009. p. 473-8.
  26. Pour-Ghaz M£, Rajabipour F, Couch J, Weiss J. Numerical and experimental assessment of unsaturated fluid transport in saw-cut (notched) concrete elements. in: Tanesi J editor. Modeling as a Solution to Concrete Problems – Material Science Modeling. ACI Special Publication. New Orleans, LA; 2009. SP-266, p.73-86.
  27. Kim J, Lynch JP£, Michalowski RL, Green RA, Pour-Ghaz M, Weiss WJ, Bradshaw A. Experimental study on the behavior of segmented buried concrete pipelines subject to ground movements. in: Felix WH, Diaz AA, Shull PJ, Vogel DW, editors. Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2009: SPIE; 2009. p. 729419–10.
  28. Pour-Ghaz M, Rajabipour F, Couch J, Weiss J£. Modeling fluid transport in cementitious systems with crack-like (notch) geometries. International RILEM Workshop on Concrete Durability and Service Life Planning. Haifa, Israel 2009. p. 71-78.
  29. Ghods P, Pour-Ghaz M£, Isgor OB. Modeling of uniform steel corrosion in concrete. 12th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement. Montreal, Canada 2007. Proceedings CD – Paper No. T4-04.2.
  30. Pour-Ghaz M£, Ghods P, Isgor OB. A novel approach for predicting the corrosion rate of steel in concrete. International RILEM Workshop on Integral Service Life Modeling of Concrete Structures. Guimarães, Portugal 2007. p. 351-358.
  31. Pour-Ghaz M£, Isgor OB, Ghods P. Virtual experiments to investigate steel corrosion in concrete. ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering. Pittsburgh, PA 2007. p. 542-549.
  32. Shapack† G, Van Brunt† Z, Seracino£ R, Lucier G, Rizkalla S, Pour-Ghaz M. Improving the Durability of Coastal Bridges with CFRP Prestressed Cored Slabs. ACI Special Publication in Toward Sustainable Infrastructure with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites, ACI Spring 2015 Convention, Kansas City, MO.