Sensors & Monitoring

Recognizing that the presence of moisture at the metal surface is crucial for corrosion processes to occur, we have a number of projects aiming at improving the quantitative prediction of moisture at the steel-porous medium interface.

We use different computational methods to model moisture transport in porous media (primarily concrete and soil) under constant and dynamic exposure conditions. We use experimental methods for material characterization, determining model input parameters, and for producing well-controlled experiments for validation of the numerical models.

The field of moisture transport and retention in porous media in our research group is led by Dr. Zhidong Zhang.

For a complete list of ongoing projects, please click here.

A list of completed projects can be found here.