Surface Crack Detection in Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipes Using BOTDA Strain Sensors

CRACK DETECTION IN CONCRETE BEAM USING OPTIMIZATION METHOD

Structural damage detection is a field that has attracted a great interest in the scientific community in recent years. Most of these studies use dynamic analysis data of the beams as a diagnostic tool for damage. In this paper, a massless rotational spring was used to represent the cracked sections of beams and the natural frequencies and mode shape were obtained. For calculation of rotational...

Surface crack detection by flash thermography on concrete surface

The life of a structure can be extended by early detection of cracks with appropriate repairs. In reality, structural failure is always accompanied by the formation of cracks and early detection of cracks is essential in extending structure life and preventing structural failure(1). Therefore, there is a huge amount of research on monitoring surface crack development in concrete structures, esp...

Using air-coupled sensors to determine the depth of a surface-breaking crack in concrete.

Previous studies showed that the surface wave transmission coefficient across a surface-breaking crack in concrete can be used to estimate the crack depth. However, inconsistencies in the surface wave transmission measurements limit the test accuracy and application of this technique. The inconsistencies come from near-field scattering by the crack tip and inconsistent sensor coupling condition...

Strengthening of Impacted Prestressed Concrete Bridge I-Girder Using Prestressed Near Surface Mounted C-FRP Bars

Crack Depth Measurement in Concrete Using Surface Wave Transmission

A technique to estimate the depth of surface-breaking cracks in concrete is presented. The surface wave transmission coefficient across the crack plane is determined and used to estimate the depth. A self-compensating testing scheme is applied to eliminate experimental difficulties. Here the self-compensating testing scheme is introduced, and the approach used to estimate crack depth from the m...