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Application of Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity to Detect Concrete Flaws
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lorenzi, Alexandre Caetano, Luciane Fonseca Campagnolo, Joao Luiz Lorenzi, Luciani Somensi Filho, Luiz Fernando Ribeiro Parente |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Concrete structures are normally subject to various aggressive actions derived from the loads or the environmental agents, which make the concrete condi ti to change over time. The development of contro lling methods to determine the condition and ascertain th e quality of concrete is critical. In order to prev ent and control the deterioration of concrete structures it is therefore interesting to establish continuous m onitoring strategies, which might be a powerful tool to incre as the service life of concrete. This implies the development of control methods capable of determining the quali ty and the condition state of concrete. Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) testing can play an important role i n this area, since they allow us to monitor the den sity and homogeneity of the material, providing information about the strength evolution and about the existenc e of internal flaws and defects. UPV is ease to applican ts in concrete analysis, not damage the concrete st ructure to be inspect and its effectiveness in estimating the con crete conditions. This method show great potential in research structures. Thus, it can be conclude that UPV can c ontribute to the success in control and quality det erioration of concrete structures. Damage may result in a poorly adjusted reduction of service life of the structure . This article shows how they can be employ for UPV testing of con trol structures |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ndt.net/article/ndtnet/2015/Lorenzi1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
