Imaging Concrete Structures with Ultrasonic Shear Waves—Technology Development and Demonstration of Capabilities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Historical Development of Ultrasonic Shear Wave Devices
3. Description and Main Features of MIRA
4. Review of MIRA Applications
4.1. Concrete Thickness Measurement
4.2. Rebar Detection and Evaluation
4.3. Concrete Delamination
4.4. Concrete Voids and Honeycombs
4.5. Grouting Condition of Embedded Ducts
4.6. Characterization of Visible Cracks
5. Laboratory Experiments
5.1. 3D-SAFT Algorithm
5.1.1. Determine Region of Interest
5.1.2. Compute the Sound Path Length for Each Image Point
5.1.3. Assign Intensity Value for Each Image Point
5.1.4. Superposition of Images Obtained from All A-Scans
- = Aggregated intensity value for image point P
- N = the number of A-scans in the aperture.
5.2. Experimental Results and Discussion
5.2.1. Slabs with Rebars of Varying Depth
5.2.2. Slabs with Rebars of Varying Size
5.2.3. Slab with Rebar Debonding and Concrete Delamination
5.2.4. Slab with Voids, Honeycombs, and Cracks
5.2.5. Slab with Metal Ducts
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Dinh, K.; Tran, K.; Gucunski, N.; Ferraro, C.C.; Nguyen, T. Imaging Concrete Structures with Ultrasonic Shear Waves—Technology Development and Demonstration of Capabilities. Infrastructures 2023, 8, 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8030053
Dinh K, Tran K, Gucunski N, Ferraro CC, Nguyen T. Imaging Concrete Structures with Ultrasonic Shear Waves—Technology Development and Demonstration of Capabilities. Infrastructures. 2023; 8(3):53. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8030053
Chicago/Turabian StyleDinh, Kien, Khiem Tran, Nenad Gucunski, Christopher C. Ferraro, and Tu Nguyen. 2023. "Imaging Concrete Structures with Ultrasonic Shear Waves—Technology Development and Demonstration of Capabilities" Infrastructures 8, no. 3: 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8030053