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Optical Phenomenology and Applications

Health Monitoring for Infrastructure Materials and the Environment

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  • Covers the fundamentals of interaction of light and matter and how it can be used for health monitoring of civil infrastructure and the environment
  • Includes various applications range from infrastructure materials including roads, bridges and pipelines, to applications in environmental sensing including air and the subsurface environment
  • Written as a resource for researchers, students and practitioners interested in interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of applied sciences, photonics, chemistry and materials science, and how it can be applied to materials health monitoring

Part of the book series: Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation (SSMI, volume 28)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Concepts and Tools for Optical Sensing in Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Optical Waveguides

      • Masoud Ghandehari
      Pages 19-26
    3. Full Field Imaging

      • Masoud Ghandehari
      Pages 27-34
    4. Molecular Probes

      • Gamal Khalil, Christian Brückner, Masoud Ghandehari
      Pages 35-48
  3. Remote Sensing: Ionic Species and Chemical Signatures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. Remote Sensing of Near Neutral pH Levels

      • Masoud Ghandehari, Cristian S. Vimer
      Pages 51-61
    3. Optical Sensing of High pH Levels

      • Christian Brückner, Gamal Khalil, Masoud Ghandehari
      Pages 63-82
    4. Sensing of Dissolved Chlorides Using Intrinsic Signals

      • Masoud Ghandehari, Cristian S. Vimer, Peter Spellane
      Pages 83-93
  4. In Situ Analysis of Transport Processes in Porous Media

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. In Situ Analysis of Moisture in Cement Based Materials

      • Masoud Ghandehari, Cristian S. Vimer, Ioannis Ioannou, Alexey Sidelev, Peter Spellane
      Pages 97-109
    3. Subsurface Monitoring of Water in Soil

      • Masoud Ghandehari, Konstantinos Kostarelos, Christian S. Vimer
      Pages 111-121
    4. Sensing Hygrothermal Processes in Calcium Silicate Hydrates

      • Masoud Ghandehari, Alexey Sidelev, Engui Liu, Christian Brückner, Gamal Khalil
      Pages 123-129
  5. Subsurface Detection of Water Contaminants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
    2. Sensing Water-Borne Pathogens by Intrinsic Fluorescence

      • Hao-Ming Fang, Karina Yew-Hoong Gin, Bavigadda Viswanath, Mircea Petre, Masoud Ghandehari
      Pages 133-147
    3. Remote and In Situ Monitoring of Subsurface Liquid Hydrocarbons

      • Masoud Ghandehari, Konstantinos Kostarelos, Cristian S. Vimer
      Pages 149-159
  6. Sensing Gases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
    2. Optical Sensing of Dissolved Oxygen

      • Masoud Ghandehari, Gamal Khalil, Filip Mlekicki, Alex Sidelev, Mohsen Hossein
      Pages 163-170
    3. Molecular Probes for Detection of Subsurface Methane Leaks

      • Masoud Ghandehari, Gamal Khalil
      Pages 171-181

About this book

This book is an introduction to techniques and applications of optical methods for materials Characterization in civil and environmental engineering. Emphasizing chemical sensing and diagnostics, it is written for students and researchers studying the physical and chemical processes in manmade or natural materials. Optical Phenomenology and Applications - Health Monitoring for Infrastructure Materials and the Environment, describes the utility of optical-sensing technologies in applications that include monitoring of transport processes and reaction chemistries in materials of the infrastructure and the subsurface environment. Many of the applications reviewed will address long standing issues in infrastructure health monitoring such as the alkali silica reaction, the role of pH in materials degradation, and the remote and inset characterization of the subsurface environment. The remarkable growth in photonics has contributed immensely to transforming bench-top optical instruments to compact field deployable systems. This has also contributed to optical sensors for environmental sensing and infrastructure health monitoring. Application of optical waveguides and full field imaging for civil and environmental engineering application is introduced and chemical and physical recognition strategies are presented; this is followed by range of filed deployable applications. Emphasizing system robustness, and long-term durability, examples covered include in-situ monitoring of transport phenomena, imaging degradation chemistries, and remote sensing of the subsurface ground water.

Authors and Affiliations

  • New York University, Brooklyn, USA

    Masoud Ghandehari

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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