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This paper presents a novel non-destructive testing and health monitoring system using a network of tactile transducers and accelerometers for the condition assessment and damage classification of foundation piles and utility poles. While in traditional pile integrity testing an impact hammer with broadband frequency excitation is typically used, the proposed testing system utilizes an innovative excitation system based on a network of tactile transducers to induce controlled narrow-band frequency stress waves. Thereby, the simultaneous excitation of multiple stress wave types and modes is avoided (or at least reduced), and targeted wave forms can be generated. The new testing system enables the testing and monitoring of foundation piles and utility poles where the top is inaccessible, making the new testing system suitable, for example, for the condition assessment of pile structures with obstructed heads and of poles with live wires. For system validation, the new system was experimentally tested on nine timber and concrete poles that were inflicted with several types of damage. The tactile transducers were excited with continuous sine wave signals of 1 kHz frequency. Support vector machines were employed together with advanced signal processing algorithms to distinguish recorded stress wave signals from pole structures with different types of damage. The results show that using fast Fourier transform signals, combined with principal component analysis as the input feature vector for support vector machine (SVM) classifiers with different kernel functions, can achieve damage classification with accuracies of 92.5% ± 7.5%.
A new method for periodically monitoring reinforcement corrosion in concrete with Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) is proposed and a ten-year long-term corrosion periodic monitoring experiment is reported. GPR historical data was taken in different years, under different conditions. In order to align and normalize the obtained images properly prior to effectively performing any automatic defect detection, image registration techniques based on mutual-information are employed, and a new signal processing scheme is proposed for normalizing the intensity of GPR images. Then, the processed image results can be used to compare and find out the change of GPR detection due to corrosion.
Die Coda transmittierter Ultraschallsignale in Beton enthält Informationen zu Struktur und Zustand des Materials bzw. deren Änderung. Relevant sind u. a. Temperatur, Stress, Feuchtigkeit und verschiedene Schädigungsmechanismen. Die zahlreichen Einflussfaktoren sind nur schwer zu trennen und die Messeffekte oft zu Beginn sehr klein.Die CWI ermöglicht die Detektion kleinster Geschwindigkeitsveränderungen durch den Vergleich, der in kleinen Schritten gestauchten oder gestreckten Signalen mit eine Referenzmessung. Andere Indikatoren für Änderungen im Material sind:
• Kreuzkorrelation
• Laufzeit direkte Welle
• Energie/Amplitude
• Änderungen im Frequenzspektrum
Die beschriebene Technik wird von uns bisher primär in klein- und großskaligen Laborversuchen genutzt. Die Forschung konzentriert sich auf die Untersuchung und Trennung verschiedener Einflusseffekte. Aber auch erste reale Bauwerke wurden schon instrumentiert, z. B. Brücken und eine Tunneldecke.
Non-Destructive assessment of the National Infrastructure in Germany has been the topic of R&D at BAM since many years. In 1989 BAM has established a R&D group dedicated to the development and application of Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering. Since then, this group has left has participated in numerous research projects and cooperated with many researches and institutes worldwide.
A complex system of inspection and maintenance is in place to inspect and maintain roads, bridges, tunnels and other installations. Based on visual inspection structures like bridges are inspected regularly. In case of concerns which cannot be resolved in this process, a procedure “Object Oriented Damage Analysis” has been put into place where additional inspection methods, especially NDT methods, are being utilized.
NDT methods to establish material properties such as strength, porosity, moisture, carbonation, etc need more attention to strengthen the links between engineers and inspectors. BAM and TU Berlin have established a joint Junior Professor to address this research area with gravity.
Research is currently focused on methods, data, validation, certification and standardization. Industry 4.0 has become a widely discussed topic with unforeseeable impact. Current research topics include
- Large Aperture UltraSound (LAUS) to evaluate very thick concrete elements (> 1m)
- Embedded ultrasound sensors to monitor changes in concrete
- Data fusion algorithms for honeycomb detection, corrosion localization and reinforcement diameter determination
- Reverse Time Migration to improve imaging of concrete structures
- Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) with new applications, improved sensitivity and resolution, new devices
- RFID based humidity and corrosion sensors
- Analysis of scattered Radar waves for the classification of concrete
- Development of reference specimens for selected NDT tasks
The presentation will present examples of current research and ideas for research directions.
Vortrag über die Aktivitäten des Fachbereichs 8.2 in der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung im Bauwesen.
The presentation is #4 of the lecture series within the CE5390 NDT&E Course at the “University of Texas at El Paso”, USA (UTEP):
1. Application of NDT to Transportation Infrastructure
2. Application of NDT to Pavements
3. Application of NDT to Tunnels
4. Application of NDT to Nuclear Structures
5. Ultrasonic Methods
6. Electrical Resistivity (ER)
7. Galvanostatic Pulse Measurement (GPM)
8. Half-Cell Potential (HCP)
9. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to Infrastructure
10. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to Pavements
11. Impact Echo (IE)/Ultrasonic Surface Waves (USW)
12. Infrared Thermography (IR)
13. Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL)
14. Ultrasonic Tomography (UST)
15. Falling Weight Deflectometer/Light Weight Deflectometer
16. Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave
17. Traffic Speed Deflectometer
18. Integrity of Foundations
19. Integration of Technologies
Applications of NDT for nuclear structures are presented with an overview over the special challenges for NDE in this area.
The lecture was held as a webinar on August 29, 2017
Vor dem Hintergrund der alternden Verkehrsinfrastruktur und des großen Bauwerksbestands allgemein gewinnt deren Zustandserfassung an Bedeutung. Durch die Einführung von Bauwerksmanagementsystemen und die Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft im Rahmen von Industrie 4.0 wird diese Entwicklung noch mehr Dynamik entfalten. Die Vernetzung von Zustandsdaten mit der Belastung, Wartung und Instandsetzung sowie der politischen Planung, wird eine hohe Bedeutung bekommen. Angesichts der Altersstruktur der Verkehrsinfrastruktur und begrenzter öffentlicher Gelder wird zukünftig eine selektive Instandsetzung von Bauwerken nach deren Zustandsnoten notwendig sein. Zerstörungsfreie Untersuchungsverfahren für Bauwerke nehmen in diesem Kontext eine wichtige Rolle ein, sie sollen die quantitativen Zustandsdaten erbringen und in die Datenbanken für Managementsysteme mit zuverlässigen und objektiven Messdaten füllen.
Abstract: Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods have received growing acceptance in many testing tasks in the assessment of concrete infrastructures. Substantial progress in NDE methods for concrete structures can be achieved by discussing the specifics of each testing scenario. Because of the large variety of testing scenarios, the testing tasks must be isolated into subtasks, which can then be solved by NDE methods. A classification scheme for NDE tasks is described and discussed in this paper. Four major groups have been identified: the construction process, the concrete structure, physical or chemical processes, and material properties. For each of these groups, a number of subtasks are described. Typical parameter ranges and Resolution requirements are illustrated and major influencing factors listed. Reference specimens may be designed to be used for performance evaluation, validation, and certification of NDE methods. The classifications can also be used to draft a research road map that benefits both the owners of infrastructure and the instrument developers.
Research and Development in Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering at BAM has de-veloped over more than two decades. Highlights of present research are ultrasound phase array probes, ground penetrating radar applications for the assessment of existing structures and Laser Induced Breakdown Spec-troscopy (LIBS) to determine which chemical elements on the surface of a specimen are. RFID sensor devel-opments for wireless moisture monitoring and data fusion for the combined analysis of sensor data are fast developing areas. In addition, a selection of application cases is briefly described.
Ein Ultraschallsystem mit großer Apertur, genannt LAUS – Large Aperture UltraSound, wird vorgestellt und die technischen Eigenschaften erläutert. Es besteht aus zwölf Prüfköpfen, die beliebig auf Betonoberflächen mit Unterdruck befestigt und jeweils als Sender oder Empfänger genutzt werden. Alle möglichen Kombinationen ergeben 132 Einzelmessungen, die zur Rekonstruktion des durchschallten Volumens genutzt werden. Das System wurde an zwei Bauwerken erfolgreich erprobt. Die Dicke einer sehr stark bewehrten Fundamentplatte eines Fallturms wurde bestimmt. Die Messungen erfolgten in einem Raster auf einer Fläche von 2,0 × 1,8 m2 und die Rückseite konnte eindeutig abgebildet werden. Weitere Anzeigen aus dem Inneren der Platte zeigen das Potenzial des Systems. An einem Brückenbauwerk wurden indirekt Verdichtungsmängel lokalisiert. Dazu wurden mit dem LAUS-System die im Brückenträger verlaufenden Spannkanäle durch fast 2 m Beton abgebildet.
A Large Aperture UltraSonic system (LAUS) has been designed and built for testing thick concrete structures. The scalable system consists of twelve ultrasonic units, each hosting 32 individual shear wave transducers with mechanical dry point contact (DPC) to the concrete surface. The twelve units are attached to the concrete surface using a vacuum case which holds them in place during operation. Each LAUS unit can be placed individually on the surface to achieve optimal ultrasonic condition, e.g. to avoid rebars. For the generation of vacuum, air pressure is supplied to each unit through an air hose. The twelve units define an aperture which is necessary for fast reconstruction of the subsurface structure. The well-known SAFT (Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique) algorithm has been adopted to this situation, where the individual LAUS units form a linear aperture with not necessarily equidistant spacing between the units. The exact geometrical position of the units, which are individually marked with retroreflective labels, is determined using photographs and image processing. All transducers are synchronized and work either as transmitter or receiver. A full scan consists of 12 * 11 recordings, where each unit acts as transmitter once and all others as receivers. An electronic sub-unit on the back of the ultrasonic device holds the battery and handles data acquisition, synchronization and data communication. A computer is used as base unit which communicates with each LAUS unit for control and data acquisition, the synchronization is performed by a radio modem that uses a special algorithm similar to a digital PLL (phase locked loop). No wire connections are necessary between the units and the base system.
The LAUS system is designed to investigate concrete structures with thicknesses in excess of 2 m, depending on the acoustic condition of the object under investigation. Highly reinforced concrete may have less penetration depth. The LAUS provides quasi real time imaging, once the transducers are put in place and the data has been acquired. First measurements on a foundation slab confirm, that the system can register ultrasonic echoes from the back wall at 4 m distance.