Damage assessment in post-tensioned concrete viaduct by b- and ib-value analysis of AE signal

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  • Edoardo PROVERBIO
  • Vincenzo VENTURI
  • Giuseppe CAMPANELLA
چکیده

Acoustic emission (AE) technique is gaining increasing interest for application in civil engineering. AE indeed is a passive non intrusive technique that can be applicable either in Structural Health Monitoring SHM (global evaluation) and in defect localization (local evaluation). However a great effort yet have to be done on data handling and data interpretation, especially in eliminating acoustic noise generated, for example, by not structurally significant concrete micro-cracking under loading condition. Some interesting results in AE analysis can be obtained by applying relationships already applied in earthquake seismology and in rock fracture studies. Aim of the present work was to assess the capability of the band Ib-value analysis, to evaluate damage condition of concrete structures. AE monitoring was used during proof loading of two seriously damaged viaduct. The analysis of the temporal variation of b value as well as the analysis of the acoustic quiescence was also performed with promising results. Résumé La technique de l'émission acoustique (AE) est de plus en plus intéressante pour l'application en génie civil. L'AE est en effet une technique passive et non intrusive qui peut être appliquée soit en surveillance de la santé des structures SHM (évaluation globale) soit pour la localisation des défauts (évaluation locale). Toutefois, un grand effort est encore à fournir sur le traitement et l'interprétation des données, en particulier dans l'élimination du bruit acoustique généré, par exemple, celui émis par les micro-fissurations qui ne sont pas structurellement importantes sous condition de chargement. Des résultats intéressants en analyse de l'AE peuvent être obtenus par l'application de relations déjà utilisées en sismologie, dans l'étude de tremblement de terre et dans les études des fractures de la roche. L'objectif de ce travail est d'évaluer la capacité de l'analyse des valeurs b et Ib, afin d'évaluer les désordres des structures en béton. L'AE suivi a été utilisé au cours des essais de chargement des deux viaducs gravement endommagés. En outre l'analyse de la variation temporelle de la valeur b, ainsi que l'analyse de l' inactivité acoustique a également été effectuée avec des résultats prometteurs.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009