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Identification of short transient signals within impact-echo data using the Hilbert-Huang-Transform
(2005)
Impact-Echo (IE) measurements on concrete structures with compact
dimensions are influenced by geometry effects, i.e. reflections especially of the
surface waves at the boundaries of the test object, which in fact can lead to
misinterpretation of the results. In contrast to the normal reflection arrangement, in
which the excitation and the measuring sensor are placed on the same side of the
specimen, measurements were carried out in a transmission arrangement, where the
impactor and the measuring sensor are placed opposite to each other. This serves to
reduce the influence of surface waves, and to investigate further their responsibility
for the existence of geometry effects. Results obtained from laboratory specimens
with smooth surfaces were still seriously affected by geometry effects. Numerical
simulations led to the conclusion that surface waves travel around the edges of the
specimen, thus creating geometry effects even on the opposite side. Measurements
on a specimen, which was cut out from a bridge structure and had irregular
connecting planes between the excitation and the measurement side, proved to be
remarkably less affected.
In order to analyze and visualize the surface wave propagation an arrangement is
used, in which the excitation is fixed at a certain point on one plane of the specimen.
A transducer scans all planes of the specimen in phase with the excitation. Time
slices show the instantaneous wave field on all planes of the specimen. These are
compared with numerical simulations. In particular, it can be proved that surface
waves indeed travel around the edges of a specimen with smooth connecting planes,
thus creating geometry effects even in the transmission arrangement.
Active infrared thermography in civil engineering - quantitative analysis by numerical simulation
(2003)
The cooling-down process of building structures after heating-up with an external radiation source was analysed to detect voids inside and below the surface. Quantitative results of concrete test specimen containing voids with different sizes at various depths will be presented here. The experimental results were compared to numerical simulations performed with a Finite Difference program developed at BAM.
In the framework of the feasibility study "Inspection of Concrete-Embedded Tracks" between BAM and Deutscher Bahn AG, application and further development of NDT- measurements for the constructional conditions of the concrete-embedded tracks are investigated.
After first test series on the rail track [Ref 1] and in further laboratory investigations on test specimen [Ref 2], result of the three selected non-destructive methods impact- echo, ultrasonic-echo and impulse radar will be presented.
This work was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. It was conducted in the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. The project was managed by Monica Starnes, Senior Program Officer for SHRP 2 Renewal.
The research reported herein was performed by the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University (RU); the Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP); the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany; and Radar Systems International, Inc. (RSI). Rutgers University was the coordinator and contractor for this project. Dr. Nenad Gucunski, professor and chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of CAIT’s Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program at RU, was the principal investigator. The other authors of this report are Dr. Soheil Nazarian, professor of Civil Engineering and director of CTIS at UTEP; Dr. Deren Yuan, research associate at CTIS at UTEP; Dr. Herbert Wiggenhauser, head of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) in Civil Engineering at BAM; Dr. Alexander Taffe, leader of Combination and Automation of NDT of Buildings at BAM; Dr. Parisa Shokouhi, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, hosted by BAM; and Doria Kutrubes, president of RSI. Arezoo Imani and Touraj Tayebi, graduate research assistants at RU, helped conduct the validation testing, data analysis, and web manual content preparation. Hoda Azari, a graduate research assistant, and Dr. Manuel Celaya, a research engineer at UTEP, assisted in the validation study as well. Hooman Parvardeh, research assistant at RU, helped build the reference database and develop the framework for the web manual, while Erica Erlanger, a research staff member at RU, edited the manuscript. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
The research team also gratefully acknowledges contributions of the participants from industry and academia in the validation testing. The participants include NDT Corporation; Germann Instruments; Olson Engineering; Dr. Ralf Arndt, National Research Council associate at FHWA Turner–Fairbank Highway Research Center; Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. (IDS), Italy; 3D-RADAR, Norway; Dr. John Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Jinying Zhu, The University of Texas at Austin; Rutgers University—Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation; and The University of Texas at El Paso—Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems. The contributions of these participants were critical for the evaluation and grading of the performance of NDT technologies.
Cracks perpendicular to the surface may be initial indicators for a deterioration process of concrete structures. Moisture penetrates inside the structure and transports adverse chemicals. The paper presents an investigation about the reliability of available commercial non-destructive evaluation techniques to reliably estimate the depth of surface-breaking cracks in reinforced concrete structures. Aim of the study was the investigation of surface-braking cracks under laboratory conditions. Commercial acoustic devices as impact echo equipment, single ultrasonic transducers and arrays were applied even if they have not been developed for this purpose. The commercial software and descriptions for application was followed strictly to compare the function, precision and repeatability of the measurements. Both, perpendicular notches and cracks have been considered. The study was completed with a discussion about reference specimens. The study was the basis for formulation of gaps in research. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has initiated and funded a Project.
A toolbox with non-destructive testing methods for the condition assessment of railway bridges
(2006)
The unified economic structure of the European market requires a unified transport infrastructure to ensure seamless and barrierfree transportation of passengers and goods. The European commission is funding the European Integrated Project Sustainable Bridges to comply with future traffic demands. The main objective of the project is to reliably assess and upgrade the bridge infrastructure for the required increase of axle loads and transport volume. 32 Institutes from 12 countries develop unified procedures for the assessment and improvement of the existing railway bridge stock under the guidance and review of six major European railway companies.
Non destructive testing (NDT) is given a high priority. One of the work packages concentrates on the potential of advanced NDT-methods and creates a toolbox with advisable methods for the condition assessment of all types of railway bridges. Although NDT-methods are implemented in the quality assurance process in many industries, their application in the railway infrastructure is not common. Only a few countries have included selected NDT-methods into advanced condition assessment procedures for the management of their bridge stock.
This paper describes also current activities to enhance pulse-phase thermography, impulse-radar and acoustic methods. The advanced methods enable infrastructure owners to verify construction plans, to assess structures, repair and strengthening quality or to identify in-service damages. Latest development is an automated scanning system for combined acoustic and electromagnetic measurements. The results are then combined through data fusion techniques to further increase their value for the bridge owners.
Non-destructive testing (NDT) of concrete structures is performed using pulse-echo methods. According to the type of the applied waves it can be classified as acoustic (Impact-Echo, Ultrasonics) and electromagnetic methods (Radar). The results are visualised through different imaging processes. This work is performed in the frame of a research project promoted by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FOR384).The objective of data fusion is to use the complementary information of the different methods. Radar can detect metallic reflectors in concrete (metallic ducts and concrete reinforcement) very well. This method is not able to locate defects behind these reflectors (injecting defects, defects behind close concrete reinforcement), because the electromagnetic waves are completely reflected at metals. The acoustic methods are able to compensate this deficit i.e. acoustic waves can penetrate through metal. But acoustic waves in the ultrasonic range are completely reflected by air layers. Air layers have smaller influence on radar propagation, so that both methods complement each other.In order to be able to combine the NDT-data from several methods records at the same volume, the different data setsmodes of signals must be adapted. The ultrasonic and radar data have to be reconstructed with programs based on the Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique (SAFT) before data fusion. Subsequently, a conversion of the data into a uniform format has to be carried out. This is a prerequisite in order to keep the data exchange between the project partners as simple as possible. After the data sets are imported and transferred into a common reference system, they can be processed with operations according to the purpose of the investigation. Results, which have been achieved in concrete test specimen with radar and ultrasonics, will be presented and will show the feasibility of the data fusion method.