TY - CONF A1 - Hong, Shuxian A1 - Lai Wai-Lok, Wallace A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Milmann, Boris ED - Biondini, F. ED - Frangopol, D.M. T1 - NDT-based monitoring of accelerated steel corrosion in concrete N2 - This paper presents an example of monitoring the corrosion process with NDT techniques. The impressed current technique was used for accelerating reinforcement corrosion in a large-sized concrete slab with chloride contamination. Periodic NDT-CE inspections were carried out making use of ground penetrating radar (GPR), ultrasonic echo array and half-cell potential measurement. The work presents an example of monitoring the corrosion process with NDT techniques and shows the way to the ultimate goal of finding objective tools to evaluate the corrosion state. The work was carried out during the Initial Training Network SmartEN, funded by the European Commission. T2 - IABMAS 2012 - 6th International conference on bridge maintenance, safety and management CY - Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy DA - 08.07.2012 KW - Concrete KW - Reinforcement corrosion KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Ground penetration radar KW - Ultrasonic echo PY - 2012 SN - 978-0-415-62124-3 SN - 978-0-203-10338-8 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - CRC Press CY - London, UK AN - OPUS4-29581 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hong, Shuxian A1 - Lai Wai-Lok, Wallace A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie T1 - Monitoring accelerated corrosion in chloride contaminated concrete with ground penetrating radar N2 - This study investigates the effect of chloride contamination and reinforcing steel corrosion in a concrete slab on the ground penetrating radar (GPR) signal. A reinforced concrete slab with two layers of steel bars and chloride contamination was used in this study. The corrosion process was accelerated by impressed current technique in both wet and dry condition to simulate the corrosion in both wet and dry seasons. During the process, GPR measurements were carried out periodically to monitor signal changes. The results were analyzed to study the GPR signal amplitude, travel time, frequency spectrum and signal energy response to chloride contamination and reinforcing steel corrosion in concrete. T2 - 14th International conference on ground penetrating radar - GPR 2012 CY - Shanghai, China DA - 04.06.2012 KW - GPR KW - Reinforcing steel KW - Corrosion KW - Chloride PY - 2012 SN - 978-1-4673-2663-6 SP - 1 EP - 6(?) AN - OPUS4-26122 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -