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Concrete NDT Methods for Damage Evaluation

This document discusses several nondestructive testing methods that can be used to evaluate damage in concrete structures, including rebound hammers, ultrasonic pulse velocity, and acoustic pulse echo devices. Rebound hammers provide relative quality information but should not be relied on heavily for older concrete. Ultrasonic and acoustic methods measure sound wave transmission times to detect damaged concrete. Acoustic emission devices can detect microcrack development but results require confirmation through concrete coring tests.

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Concrete NDT Methods for Damage Evaluation

This document discusses several nondestructive testing methods that can be used to evaluate damage in concrete structures, including rebound hammers, ultrasonic pulse velocity, and acoustic pulse echo devices. Rebound hammers provide relative quality information but should not be relied on heavily for older concrete. Ultrasonic and acoustic methods measure sound wave transmission times to detect damaged concrete. Acoustic emission devices can detect microcrack development but results require confirmation through concrete coring tests.

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Chapter B: Using Reclamation’s Concrete Maintenance and Repair System

There are a number of nondestructive testing (NDT) methods that can be used to
evaluate the extent of damage (Giannini et al., 2012) (ICRI 210.4, 2009). The
Schmidt Rebound Hammer is perhaps the cheapest and simplest tool to use.
Rebound hammer data provides relative quality information, which might be
useful when comparing similar concretes in different areas of a structure.
However, rebound data, particularly on older concrete, should not be relied on too
heavily to provide meaningful information. It is usually more effective for newer
concrete structures that have not experienced much weathering or deterioration.

Figure 7. Inspecting a spillway floor using steel bars to sound the


concrete. The soundings indicated delaminations in the spillway floor.

Ultrasonic pulse velocity and acoustic pulse echo devices measure the time
required for a sound wave to either travel through a concrete section or to travel to
the far side of a concrete section and rebound. Damaged or low quality concrete
deflects or attenuates such sound waves and can be detected by comparison of the
resulting travel time with that of sound concrete. Acoustic emission devices
detect the elastic waves that are generated when materials are stressed or strained
beyond their elastic limits. With such devices, it is possible to “hear” the
impulses from development of microcracks in overly stressed concrete. One of
the main advantages of this type of technology is the ability to evaluate large
areas of concrete relatively quickly.

However, the technology is not suitable for making stand-alone conclusions.


Results from these technologies need to be correlated to actual core strength test
results (ACI 228.1R, 2003). Without confirmation from coring, results can be

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