Book Review of Self-Sensing Concrete in Smart Structures

Self-Sensing Concrete in Smart Structures, published by Elsevier, is the first English monograph in the field of self-sensing concrete and its smart structures. The monograph contains 11 chapters in 3 parts. The first part describes in detail the structure, composition, preparations, testing methods, sensing properties, sensing mechanisms, and smart structures of self-sensing concrete. The second part gives the results of the authors’ systematic research in the field of self-sensing concrete materials and smart structures from 2000 to 2014, including the self-sensing concrete with carbon fiber, nickel powder, and carbon nanotubes. The third part discusses the future challenges and countermeasures for the development of self-sensing concrete and its smart structures. The monograph not only provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic principles of self-sensing concrete and the research cases of self-sensing concrete-based smart structures applications, but also presents a series of representative innovative researches results of selfsensing concrete and its smart structures, as well as plans and deploys the future research and applications of self-sensing concrete and its smart structures. This monograph can provide guidance and reference for scientific researchers and engineers in the field of concrete materials and structures as well as smart materials and structures.