Effects of periodic reinforced-concrete structures on power transmission

Author

Jiang, Shan ; Georgakopoulos, Stavros V. ; Jin, Hao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

3-5 April 2012

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Optimization of wireless power transmission through periodic reinforced concrete structures is studied here. Computational methods are applied to investigate the transmission and reflection coefficients for reinforced concrete slabs as a function of concrete slab thickness and rebar configurations at different frequencies. Electric field induced inside reinforced concrete is also examined. Specifically, these analysis lead to the identification of optimum conditions for wireless powering of sensors embedded in reinforced concrete for structural health monitoring.

Keywords

condition monitoring; inductive power transmission; rebar; reinforced concrete; slabs; structural engineering; computational method; electric field; optimization; periodic reinforced concrete structure; rebar configuration; reinforced concrete slab thickness; sensors; structural health monitoring; wireless power transmission; Bars; Concrete; Electric fields; Humidity; Reflection; Sensors; Slabs; reinforced concrete; structural health monitoring; wireless power transmission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RFID (RFID), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0329-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFID.2012.6193046

Filename

6193046