Self-monitoring foundation for smart infrastructure

智能基础设施的自我监控基础

• 批准号: 10050349
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: MIMICRETE LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10050349
• 关键词: Self; monitoring; foundation; smart; infrastructure

Infrastructures, such as roads, and skyscrapers are used by everyone in the city. They enable trade, power businesses, connect workers to their jobs, create opportunities for struggling communities and protect cities from an increasingly unpredictable natural environment.Most of these infrastructures are made from concrete, however, concrete is prone to cracking, and degradation which in turn can compromise structural integrity and safety if left untreated. Building and infrastructure collapses have been linked to untreated cracking e.g. a recent Florida pedestrian bridge collapse \[New Civil Engineer, 2019\]. Consequently, overengineered solutions and expensive, intensive monitoring, repair and replacement regimes are in place to minimise threats to public safety.In the UK, visual inspections are normally the primary source of data collected by the asset owners \[Bennetts et al., 2016\], and the poor accuracy of the visual data often lead to unmitigated cracking and therefore results in structural failure and safety risk. Even when concrete structures are repaired manually, reports showed that 20% of the repairs fail within 5 years and 55% fail after 10 years \[Tilly and Jacobs, 2007\]. This lead to a high maintenance expenditure, as the UK spends £51Bn p.a. on infrastructure maintenance, monitoring and repair, where much of the portfolio is concrete based. Furthermore, concrete production is a significant carbon emitter, responsible for 4 -- 8% of global carbon emissions.Mimicrete Ltd, a start-up founded in 2021, is developing a self-monitoring system for concrete in the built environment. Our technology works by embedding an interconnected monitoring system into concrete applications. The system is capable of diagnosing and healing damages and meanwhile informs front-end engineers for remote operation and long-term maintenance.We aim to develop and build up a minimum viable prototype of the self-monitoring system via manufacture and testing, including the development of manufacturing and design recommendations under the Innovate UK Women Award. And our hope is to create together a living future in the built environment for our next generation.

城市中的每个人都在使用建筑物，如道路和摩天大楼。它们促进贸易、为企业提供动力，将工人与工作联系起来，为陷入困境的社区创造机会，并保护城市免受日益不可预测的自然环境的影响。这些基础设施大多数由混凝土制成，但混凝土容易开裂和退化，如果不加以处理，反过来会危及结构完整性和安全性。建筑物和基础设施倒塌与未经处理的裂缝有关，例如最近佛罗里达的人行天桥倒塌\[New Civil Engineer，2019\]。因此，设计的解决方案和昂贵的密集监测、维修和更换制度都已到位，以最大限度地减少对公共安全的威胁。在英国，目视检查通常是资产所有者收集数据的主要来源\[Bennetts等人，2016\]，并且视觉数据的准确性差通常导致未缓解的开裂，因此导致结构失效和安全风险。即使人工修复混凝土结构，报告显示20%的修复在5年内失败，55%在10年后失败[蒂利和雅各布斯，2007]。这导致了高昂的维护支出，因为英国每年花费510亿英镑。在基础设施维护、监测和维修方面，大部分投资组合都是以混凝土为基础的。此外，混凝土生产是一个重要的碳排放源，占全球碳排放量的4 - 8%。Mimicrete Ltd是一家成立于2021年的初创公司，正在开发一种建筑环境中混凝土的自我监测系统。我们的技术通过将互连的监控系统嵌入到具体应用程序中来发挥作用。该系统能够诊断和修复损坏，同时通知前端工程师进行远程操作和长期维护。我们的目标是通过制造和测试开发和建立一个最小可行的自我监测系统原型，包括在创新英国女性奖下开发制造和设计建议。我们的希望是共同为我们的下一代创造一个在建筑环境中生活的未来。