Stainless Steel Microfibers for Strain-Sensing Smart Clay Bricks

Figure 8

Time histories of the fractional change in electrical resistance, , and of the applied strain, , obtained from the electromechanical tests where is the electrical resistance value with a preload of 0.5 kN, in the case of (a) load applied on clay brick with 0.00% of stainless steel microfibers; (b) load applied on clay brick with 1.00% of stainless steel microfibers.

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