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Mit Radar, Impact-Echo und Ultraschallecho wurden 2004/2005 zwei Spannbetonbrücken der stark befahrenen A 23 Südosttangente in Wien zerstörungsfrei untersucht. Bei den Bauwerken handelt es sich um Hohlkastenbrücken, die 1975/76 unter Verwendung unterschiedlicher Spannsysteme errichtet wurden. Durch Messungen mit den zerstörungsfreien Prüfverfahren an den Außenseiten zweier Hohlkastenstege wurde sowohl die schlaffe Bewehrung als auch Längsspannglieder in den Stegen geortet. Darüber hinaus sollte der Verpresszustand der Spannglieder mit Hilfe der akustischen Verfahren Impact-Echo und Ultraschallecho ermittelt werden.
Validation of non-destructive testing methods is necessary to create a common basis where different systems can be compared and their applications and limitations be identified. This can be achieved through comparing the measurements taken by several systems used for a common diagnostic purpose under practical but controlled testing conditions. Well-designed small and large laboratory or field specimens promise such conditions.
The special concrete specimen (LCS) at BAM was constructed for validation purposes, in particular, to be used for evaluating the performance of echo methods. The thickness of the specimen is varying and it contains carefully designed built-in faults, such as voids, honeycombs and tendon ducts with various degrees of grouting defects. Since the geometry and condition of the defects are known, it can be used to compare the performance of radar, ultrasonic, impact-echo. The research was conducted within the Research group FOR384, sponsored by the German Research Society DFG.
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.