Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Assessing water absorption, or 'sorptivity,' in cement-based materials is a crucial method for evaluating durability. The ASTM C1585 standard provides a straightforward approach for measuring sorptivity, yet it is often labor-intensive and time-consuming. This study presents two innovative strategies to accelerate and automate sorptivity measurements through computer vision. The first method involves a droplet test, demonstrating that the initial dynamics of a water droplet's contact angle, characterized by CNNs, strongly predict the initial sorptivity of paste samples. By analyzing data from 63 different paste systems, this method estimates the 6-hour initial sorptivity in mere seconds. The second method utilizes a vision-based algorithm to monitor the advancing waterfront in a sample, leveraging the wetted area ratio to predict sorptivity and streamline the measurement process. By training the algorithm on a dataset of over 6,000 images and 1,400 data points, the system achieves real-time predictions of initial and secondary sorptivities with an R² exceeding 0.9, closely aligning with ASTM standards. These cost-effective solutions, using cameras priced at around $30, provide laboratories worldwide with an accessible and automated method to enhance sorptivity testing, especially for assessing the durability of new low-carbon cementitious materials.
Authors: Hossein Kabir, Sunav Dahal, Nishant Garg
Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Language: English
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7084139725
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