TY - JOUR A1 - Weise, Frank A1 - Kind, Thomas A1 - Stelzner, Ludwig A1 - Wieland, M. T1 - Dunkelfärbung der Betonfahrbahndecke im AKR-Kontext - Ursachenanalyse mit innovativer Prüftechnik T1 - Dark Dyeing of the Concrete Pavement in the AKR Context: Root Cause Analysis with innovative Testing Technology JF - Beton- und Stahlbetonbau N2 - Die AKR-Schadensevolution von Betonfahrbahndecken ist in der Anfangsphase durch eine Dunkelfärbung der Oberfläche im Fugenbereich gekennzeichnet. Es wird vermutet, dass eine erhöhte Durchfeuchtung der Betonrandzone ursächlich für diese Erscheinung ist. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurde exemplarisch eine Fahrbahnplatte eines repräsentativen Bundesautobahnabschnitts systematisch mit verschiedenartiger zerstörungsfreier Prüftechnik vor Ort untersucht. Die Ergebnisse der zunächst erfolgten großflächigen Durchmusterung mit Radar zeigen, dass in den Bereichen mit einer Dunkelfärbung der Betonfahrbahndecke erhöhte Laufzeiten der Radarimpulse zwischen der Oberfläche und der Rückseite der Betonfahrbahndecke auftreten, was auf eine erhöhte integrale Durchfeuchtung der Betonfahrbahndecke schließen lässt. Vertiefend durchgeführte NMR-Feuchtemessungen in der Betonrandzone zeigen eine gute Korrelation zwischen erhöhtem Feuchtegehalt und der dunkel gefärbten Fahrbahnoberfläche. Die Ergebnisse beider zerstörungsfreien Prüfmethoden lassen den Schluss zu, dass die Betonfahrbahndecke in der Nähe des Fugenkreuzes eine höhere Durchfeuchtung als im Bereich der Querscheinfuge aufweist. Die geringste Durchfeuchtung besitzt die Betonfahrbahndecke in der Plattenmitte. Die mit den zerstörungsfreien Prüfverfahren ermittelten Befunde stimmen prinzipiell gut mit den punktuell mittels Darr-Wäge-Verfahren an Bohrmehlproben gewonnenen Ergebnissen überein. N2 - Darkening of the surface within alkali-silica reaction context - Root cause analysis with non-destructive measurement methods The damage evolution in concrete pavements due to alkali-silica reaction is characterized in the initial phase by a darkening of the surface along joint regions. It is generally assumed that an increased moisture content of the concrete boundary zone is responsible for this visual appearance. Against this background, a concrete pavement slab of a representative German motorway section was systematically investigated in-situ using different non-destructive measurement methods. The results of the high-resolution, planar radar showed an increased time of flight of the radar pulse between the pavement surface and the base of the concrete slab in the darkened areas. This indicated that the overall moisture content is increased near joints in the slab. Additional NMR moisture measurements in the concrete boundary zone confirmed the correlation between increased moisture content and the dark-colored surface of the concrete pavement. The results of both non-destructive measurement methods indicated that the moisture content near the intersection of two joints was higher than the moisture content near the area around the transverse joint. The lowest moisture content was measured in the center of the concrete pavement slab. The results obtained with the two non-destructive testing methods were in overall good agreement with moisture measurements of boring dust analyzed using the gravimetric method. KW - Betonfahrbahndecke KW - Alkali-Kieselsäure-Reaktion KW - Feuchtemessung KW - Radar KW - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance KW - ZfP PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/best.201800020 SN - 0005-9900 SN - 1437-1006 VL - 113 IS - 9 SP - 647 EP - 655 PB - Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-46173 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kind, Thomas T1 - GPR Testing of concrete structures N2 - The basics of ground penetrating radar and its NDT application in civil engineering were shown. T2 - NDT&E Advanced Training Workshop CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.06.2018 KW - GPR KW - Concret KW - NDT PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46297 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sharma, Govind A1 - Kind, Thomas T1 - Distinction of tendon ducts and rebars by GPR reflection signal patterns T2 - Proceedings - 2018 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar N2 - We investigated the possibility of surrounding waves along with perimeter of large diameter tendon ducts during ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing of concrete structures. The surrounding waves influence the primary reflection from tendon duct and alter the phase as well as amplitude of signal depending on the diameter of the tendon duct. This phenomenon was studied in detail by conducting several simulations using a commercial software Reflexw®. Finite Difference Time Domain method was adopted to analyze reflection patterns from objects of various diameters located at different depths in concrete media. The proposed methodology will be useful in qualitative assessment of size of metallic objects greater than a diameter of 6 cm. In general, the identification of large diameter tendon ducts in a civil structure is carried out by prior knowledge of the civil plan and its diagonal appearance to smaller diameter object mesh. The proposed methodology will enhance the confidence in identification of the larger diameter tendon ducts even if the civil plan is not known accurately. T2 - 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar CY - Rapperswil, Switzerland DA - 18.06.2018 KW - Ground penetrating radar KW - Rebar KW - Concrete PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-5776-8 SP - 232 EP - 235 AN - OPUS4-46247 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Gardner, S. A1 - Kind, Thomas A1 - Kaiser, R. A1 - Grunwald, Marcel A1 - Yang, G. A1 - Redmer, Bernhard A1 - Waske, Anja A1 - Mielentz, Frank A1 - Effner, Ute A1 - Köpp, Christian A1 - Clarkson, A. A1 - Thompson, F. A1 - Ryan, M. A1 - Mahon, D. T1 - Muon Tomography of the Interior of a Reinforced Concrete Block: First Experimental Proof of Concept JF - Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation N2 - Quality assurance and condition assessment of concrete structures is an important topic world-wide due to the aging infrastructure and increasing traffic demands. Common topics include, but are not limited to, localisation of rebar or tendon ducts, geometrical irregularities, cracks, voids, honeycombing or other flaws. Non-destructive techniques such as ultrasound or radar have found regular, successful practical application but sometimes suffer from limited resolution and accuracy, imaging artefacts or restrictions in detecting certain features. Until the 1980s X-ray transmission was used in case of special demands and showed a much better resolution than other NDT techniques. However, due to safety concerns and cost issues, this method is almost never used anymore. Muon tomography has received much attention recently. Novel detectors for cosmic muons and tomographic imaging algorithms have opened up new fields of application, such as the investigation of freight containers. Muon imaging also has the potential to fill some of the gaps currently existing in concrete NDT. As a first step towards practical use and as a proof of concept we used an existing system to image the interior of a reference reinforced 600 kg concrete block. Even with a yet not optimized setup for this kind of investigation, the muon imaging results are at least of similar quality compared to ultrasonic and radar imaging, potentially even better. The data acquisition takes more time and signals contain more noise, but the images allowed to detect the same important features that are visible in conventional high energy X-ray tomography. In our experiment, we have shown that muon imaging has potential for concrete inspection. The next steps include the development of mobile detectors and optimising acquisition and imaging parameters. KW - Concrete KW - Muon KW - Radar KW - Ultrasound KW - X-ray PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-529974 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-021-00797-3 VL - 40 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Springer Nature AN - OPUS4-52997 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -