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With the mandatory introduction of the May 2011 directive for reassessment of bridges in Germany, the administrations of the federal and state governments have the duty to prove the stability of their bridge stock. Verification of bridge stability will be realized with consideration of the newly increased traffic loads. Particularly in older bridges, the verification can only be achieved if calculative surplus load capacity of the original structural design is taken into account in the recalculation. One option for considering these reserves is the exact determination of the dead weight of the bridge. Within this case study, it will be demonstrated how the problem can be practically solved.
In order to determine the dead weight of a concrete bridge, its volume has to be calculated. as a first step, a 3D laser scanner is used to record the internal geometry of a hollow box bridge girder. For the determination of the thickness of the concrete member, the non-destructive technique ultrasonic echo is applied. The construction must be segmented in approximately equidistant parts in order to be able to carry out an economic and efficient investigation. The description of the segmentation of the point cloud, carried out in a 2D model, was presented in the first part of the publication. The subject of this presentation is the merging of 2D cross sections into a 3D model, from which the weight of the bridge can be calculated.
Validation of artificial defects for Non-destructive testing measurements on a reference structure
(2018)
Non-destructive testing was established over the last decades as an important tool for assessing damages, material characterization and quality assurance in civil engineering. For example, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) can be used to scan large areas of concrete structures to determine the spatial position of the reinforcement. With the ultrasonic echo method, the thickness of concrete structures can be easily determined even if a high density of reinforcement is given. Various methods and processes have been developed for the validation of NDT procedures aiming at ensuring the quality of measurements in practical use. The Probability of Detection (POD) for example, is an available method to compare different technical devices with each other quantitatively regarding their performance. With this method, the best suited testing device for a specific inspection task under defined boundary conditions can be selected. By using the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), it is possible to quantify the measurement uncertainty of an inspection procedure for a specific task. Another important aspect to improve the acceptance of non-destructive testing methods is the development of reference specimens.
Reference specimens serve for the calibration and further development of NDT methods under realistic conditions in different laboratories under the same conditions. This is an essential prerequisite for round robin tests. A particular challenge here is the most realistic representation of a damage that can occur at building sites. Possible damages include for example horizontal and vertical cracks or honeycombs in concrete. Such a reference structure was built for the development of a new design of power plant constructions. Comparative studies on the manufacturing of realistic honeycombs and delaminations were carried out in advance on a test specimen. The results of this study are presented here.
Im Laufe des Lebenszyklus einer Brücke kann es erforderlich sein, diese hinsichtlich der Tragfähigkeit neu zu bewerten. Ursächlich hierfür sind beispielsweise sich ändernde Einwirkungen, wie steigende Verkehrslasten oder auch neuere Erkenntnisse, die beim ursprünglichen Bauwerksentwurf noch nicht berücksichtigt wurden. Die aufgeführten Ursachen treten hierbei meisten nach mehreren Jahrzehnten der Nutzung des Bauwerkes auf.
In Deutschland findet eine planmäßige Neubewertung für Brückenbauwerken des Bundes und der Länder auf Basis der im Mai 2011 eingeführten Nachrechnungsrichtline statt. Neben der Neubewertung zur Gewährleistung der Zuverlässigkeit im laufenden Betrieb ist es insbesondere im Rahmen des Abbruches von Bauwerken wichtig Resttragfähigkeiten beurteilen zu können.
Die Zuverlässigkeit der Berechnungsergebnisse hängt insbesondere von der Anzahl und von der Qualität der einbezogenen Informationen ab. Durch die Anwendung von zerstörungsfreien Prüfmethoden können quantitative Informationen gesammelt werden, die für die Beurteilung der Tragwerke sowohl relevant als auch ausreichend genau sind. Die gemessenen Daten können explizit in probabilistische Berechnungsmodelle für die Nachrechnung einer Brücke einfließen. Dadurch wird das Modell sukzessive an die Realität angenähert — in anderen Worten: "zugeschärft". Die Zuverlässigkeit der Ergebnisse der Nachrechnung steigt.
In diesem Beitrag wird an einem konkreten Beispiel der gegenwärtige Stand von Technik und Forschung für ausgewählte Fragstellungen gezeigt. Im Rahmen der erstellten Abbruchstatik einer vorgespannten Brücke aus Beton wurden Ergebnisse der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung verwendet, um Spanngliedlagen für eine Beprobung zu detektieren. Darüber hinaus wurden die Messergebnisse mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden (Phasenauswertung) ausgewertet, um den Zustand der Verpressung der Spannglieder beurteilen zu können. Weiterhin werden die gewonnenen Messdaten der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung verwendet, um den Nachweis zu erbringen, dass auf deren Grundlage eine zuverlässigere Beurteilung der Tragfähigkeit des Bauwerkes erfolgen kann. Hierfür werden die ersten Ergebnisse der Voruntersuchungen für den Biegenachweis der vorgespannten Brücke präsentiert.
The special design of buildings, constructed for nuclear power plants is a particular challenge for the nondestructive testing in the building industry. In particular the major component thicknesses, the degree of reinforcement and surface coating systems make the application of NDT methods difficult. The studies first steps were undertaken to determine to which extent established applications of these techniques are useable in the field of infrastructure buildings. Methods have been evaluated that are already state of the art. So for example the ground penetrating radar was used for locating metallic mounting parts. Furthermore, the low-lying internal structure of the containment was investigated with the ultrasonic method.
In addition to already established structural monitoring methods such as deformation, inclination or strain gauges or acoustic emission sensors, sonic or ultrasonic monitoring might provide valuable information about the condition or alteration of a structure. Sensors such as geophones, recording ambient noise in the sonic and subsonic frequency range can provide information beyond modal analysis by using interferometric methods. Wave velocities determined by this method are related to the elastic properties and stiffness of material and structure and can be converted into damage indicators. Embedded active ultrasonic transducer networks can provide more detailed insight about deterioration or damages again, using interferometric technologies. This approach is extremely sensible, detecting relative change in velocity on down to 10-5. These methods, including benefits and remaining challenges, are demonstrated using data from a test structure at BAM’s test site demonstrating the case of prestress loss, and data from an actual bridge still under traffic.
Existing concrete structures were usually designed for lifetimes of several decades. The current and urgently required efforts to increase sustainability and protect the environment will likely result in extended service lives up to 100 years. To achieve such objectives, it is required to assess structures over their entire lifecycles. Non-destructive testing (NDT) methods can reliably support the assessment of existing structures during the construction, operational, and decommissioning phases. One of the most important and safety-relevant components of a prestressed concrete structure are the tendons. NDT methods such as the ultrasonic echo method are suitable for both the detection and the localization of the tendons, i.e., the measurement of their geometrical position inside the component. The uniqueness of structures, concrete heterogeneity, and varying amounts of secondary components such as the reinforcement represent obstacles in the application of these methods in practice. The aim of this contribution is to demonstrate a practicable procedure, that can be used in the field to determine the parameters required for the measuring data analysis without extensive knowledge about the investigated components. For this purpose, a polyamide reference specimen is used to show which steps are required to obtain reliable imaging information on the position of tendons from the measurement data. The procedure is then demonstrated on a concrete test specimen that covers various relevant and practice-oriented test scenarios, such as varying tendon depths and component thicknesses.