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Half-cell potential mapping (HP) is the most popular nondestructive test (NDT)-method for the localization of corrosion damage in concrete. It is generally recognized, that HP is prone to the environmental factors that arise from salt induced deterioration, such as varying moisture and chloride gradients. Additional NDT-methods are capable to determine distinctive areas, but cannot yet be used to estimate more accurate testing results. We introduce a supervised machine learning (SML) based approach for data fusion to make use of the additional sensor information. SML are methods that explore relations between different (sensor) data from predefined data labels. We use a simple linear classifier named logistic regression to distinguish defect and intact areas. The test performance improves drastically compared to the best single method, HP. In order to generate representative, labeled data we conducted a comprehensive experiment that simulates the deterioration-cycle of a chloride-exposed building part in the lab. Our data set consist of 18 measurement campaigns, each containing HP-, ground-penetrating-radar-, microwave-moisture-, and Wenner-resistivity-data. We detail the challenges that arise with a data driven approach in NDT and how we addressed them.
This talk demonstrates the results of the IGSTC-project entitled "NDT-Data Fusion".
Project approach:
Nondestructive testing (NDT) of concrete buildings allows to coordinate efficient repair measures. Multi-sensor platforms collect large data sets. Nevertheless, data analysis is typically performed manually. Data Fusion uses the full potential of a multi-sensory data set in order to:
improve information quality (reliability, robustness, accuracy, clarity, completeness) and enables automated algorithm based data analysis.
We present the project achievements, namely:
- Development of building scanner system for multisensory NDT
- Laboratory multi sensor investigations
- Development of data fusion concept for honeycombing and pitting corrosion
- Field testing
The vulnerability of low quality concrete to changing weather conditions is well known. The constant exposure to temperature changes, biological activity, and humidity ends up in damage to buildings and structures which contain this material. It is therefore necessary to take preventive measures to control the extent of the damage done by weathering and possible penetration of adverse chemicals into structures which need public safety.
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), in cooperation with the small enterprise LinTech GmbH, is working on a project to monitor humidity changes in concrete by analyzing the changes in signal strength (RSSI) from Bluetooth Low Energy sensors. In this paper, we show results which demonstrate the influence of changing water content in concrete on the received RSSI. We observed that as water content in concrete decreases, the received RSSI improves. However, the damping effect is not linearly proportional to water content, rather exponentially proportional. This suggests that changes in the received signal strength are more easily observed when water content in concrete is higher. Finally, we reconstructed a RSSI distribution map using computed tomography
The vulnerability of low quality concrete to changing weather conditions is well known. The constant exposure to temperature changes, biological activity, and humidity ends up in damage to buildings and structures which contain this material. It is therefore necessary to take preventive measures to control the extent of the damage done by weathering and possible penetration of adverse chemicals into structures which need public safety.
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), in cooperation with the small enterprise LinTech GmbH, is working on a project to monitor humidity changes in concrete by analyzing the changes in signal strength (RSSI) from Bluetooth Low Energy sensors. In this paper, we show results which demonstrate the influence of changing water content in concrete on the received RSSI. We observed that as water content in concrete decreases, the received RSSI improves. However, the damping effect is not linearly proportional to water content, rather exponentially proportional. This suggests that changes in the received signal strength are more easily observed when water content in concrete is higher. Finally, we reconstructed a RSSI distribution map using computed tomography.
Polysaccharides are important rheology modifying admixtures in the building material sector.
The use of starch is becoming increasingly important, due to many ecological and economic advantages. In the construction sector, starch ethers are being used as thickeners and as means to increase the yield stress. The starch ethers that are available on the market differ in
their behaviour, which can vary greatly depending upon the binder system and mortar composition, e.g. solid volume content, binder type, additional admixtures. In view of the limited knowledge about the influence of molecular modifications associated with cement based systems, some fundamental rheological functional mechanisms were analysed in this study. The differently modified starch ethers used were derived from potatoes. They varied in their charges and degrees of hydroxypropylation. The setting and the flow behaviour of all examined variations
of starch ethers were analysed in cement pastes. In order to illustrate the effects of the starch ethers that were used, the water-cement ratio (w/c) was held constant in all the mixtures [Schmidt 2012]. The results indicated significant differences in setting and flow behaviour.
After a brief introduction into past and modern concrete, the relevance of sustainable concrete technologies is emphasised from a global perspective. In order to minimise the environmental impact of cement and concrete in the world, solutions for alternative binder materials as well as rheology and performance modifying additives are presented based on local bio-based resources.
However, the perception of bio-based constituents is typically rather negative in construction materials and its application is often limited to low-end construction. In order to show that this is not inevitable, the lecture ends with a number of case studies for the use of bio-based materials for high performance concrete applications.
The majority of the built infrastructure is made of concrete, which is a multiphase system made of cement, aggregates, water and pores (every year nearly 4 billion tons of cement are produced which is largest mass flow generated by mankind). Concrete is often used in combination with steel as reinforced concrete. Environmental influences, especially the ingress of harmful ions in combination with the ingress of water, trigger different damage processes which reduce the designed lifetime of a structure. The ingress of chlorides from de-icing salt or sea water leads to corrosion of the reinforcement. Also the carbonation of the concrete may trigger the corrosion of the reinforcement. The ingress of alkalis from de-icing salts may cause the expansion of the amorphous silica aggregates (alkali-silica reaction) through formation of a swelling gel of calcium silicate hydrate if water is present. The ingress of sulfates may cause spalling of the concrete surface due to ett-ringite formation. For the standard procedure in civil engineering cores are taken, cut in slices, grinded and the obtained homogenized powder is solved in acid and investigated by standard procedures. BAM has developed the LIBS technique for the 2D evaluation of the chemical composition of concrete [1-5]. The technique is established for automated laborato-ry use with high numbers of samples to investigate transport processes of harmful species (Cl-, CO2, SO42- and alkalis) in concrete. Information about ingress depth and the quantitative values are important to estimate the remaining lifetime of the infrastructure. LIBS is a surface technique. To get information about the ingress depth, a core has to be taken and cut in the middle. The measurements are carried out at the cross section. The main advantages of LIBS are the direct measure-ment on the surface of the concrete, fast analysis (sample rate 100 Hz) with a spatial resolution of up to 100 μm, the consideration of the heterogeneity of the concrete and the possibility of automated measurements which save a lot of man-power and time. As an example the investigation of ingress profiles for standard diffusion and migration tests in civil engi-neering takes hours in comparison to just a few minutes using LIBS. At the same time a 2D-evaluation provides information about hot spots of elemental concentration which may not be found by standard methods.
The state of the art of LIBS technique for applications in civil engineering will be presented, including typical results of 2D investigation of concrete in laboratory. The performance is also demonstrated by examples for on-site applications using a mobile LIBS system. The road map to standardization is presented as well.
In order to determine the remaining life-time of reinforced concrete infrastructure like marine constructions, bridges or parking decks a fast and reliable detection of harmful species is necessary. If, as an example chlorine exceeds a specific concentration threshold, the result can be pitting corrosion of the reinforcement, which affects the stability and lifetime of building structure. In cooperation with industrial partners and BAM a mobile LIBS system for the on-site measurements has been developed. The mobile system uses a low energy laser with a pulse energy of 3 mJ and a NIR-spectrometer in combination with a scanner for two-dimensional mapping (140 x 170mm).
This work presents the mobile LIBS system, the calibration and an on-site applications in a parking garage. A correlation between surface measurements on a parking deck and ingress profiles obtained due to concrete cores are presented. LIBS results using the mobile LIBS system are able to provide in-time information about the Cl concentration and can therefore be used for quality assurance during reinstatement work.