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The crack and interfacial bonding behaviors of laminate Fe-C and Gr\/AgNW layer structures were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and electrical resistance measurement. Both optical transmission spectra and electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data were simultaneously measured from each sensor. Under increasing strains, transverse cracks appeared first and were followed by longitudinal cracks on the laminate layer structures. The spacing of transverse cracks and the length of longitudinal cracks were determined by the bond strength at the weak Fe-C and Gr\/AgNW interface. During corrosion tests, the shift in resonant wavelength of the Fe-C coated LPFG sensors resulted from the effects of the Fe-C layer thinning and the NaCl solution penetration through cracks on the evanescent field surrounding the LPFG sensors. Compared with the zero-strained sensor, the strain-induced cracks on the laminate layer structures initially increased and then decreased the shift in resonant wavelength in two main stages of the Fe-C corrosion process. In each corrosion stage, the Fe-C mass loss was linearly related to the shift in resonant wavelength under zero strain and with the applied strain taken into account in general cases. The general correlation equation was validated at 700 and 1200 \u00b5\u03b5 to a maximum error of 2.5% in comparison with 46.5% from the zero-strain correlation equation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20061598","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,13]],"date-time":"2020-03-13T08:58:59Z","timestamp":1584089939000},"page":"1598","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Corrosion-Induced Mass Loss Measurement under Strain Conditions through Gr\/AgNW-Based, Fe-C Coated LPFG Sensors"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7141-2972","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chuanrui","family":"Guo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65401, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5287-5608","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Liang","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65401, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0658-4356","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Genda","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65401, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"19069","DOI":"10.3390\/s150819069","article-title":"Non-destructive evaluation for corrosion monitoring in concrete: A review and capability of acoustic emission technique","volume":"15","author":"Zaki","year":"2015","journal-title":"Sensors"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"203","DOI":"10.5006\/1.3287722","article-title":"Electrochemical behavior of steel-reinforced concrete during accelerated corrosion testing","volume":"60","author":"Austin","year":"2004","journal-title":"Corrosion"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"165","DOI":"10.1177\/1475921704042679","article-title":"Fiber Optic Sensing for Monitoring Corrosion-Induced Damage","volume":"3","author":"Maalej","year":"2004","journal-title":"Struct. 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