Calculation of Aging Effects of Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity in Concrete by Non-Destructive Test
비파괴시험에 의한 콘크리트 압축강도 추정시 반발경도법은 콘크리트 타설 후 시간경과에 따라 재령계수를 적용하고 있으나 초음파속도법은 적용되지 않고 있다. 재령경과에 따른 콘크리트 초음파속도의 변화에 대한 재령계수 적용의 필요성에 대하여 검토해야함에도 불구하고 그에 대한 연구가 거의 없는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 콘크리트 초음파속도를 측정하여 강도 추정식에 적용될 재령계수를 산정하기 위한 실험을 실시한 결과, 초음파속도는 콘크리트 경화에 따라 재령 초기 기준치에 비교하면 급격한 변화를 보여 재령계수를 반드시 적용해야 한다는 것을 알 수 있었으며 실험결과에 의해 콘크리트 초음파속도의 재령계수를 제안하였다.
This paper aims to calculate age coefficient of ultrasonic pulse velocity by non-destructive test. When concrete compressive strength is measured by non-destructive test, rebound test hammer method is applied to estimate age coefficient depending on the course of time after concrete casting, but ultrasonic pulse velocity method is not applied in the process. Although it is necessary to consider age coefficient with change of ultrasonic pulse velocity of concrete depending on aging, there have been little attempts to apply that method. The experiments were conducted to calculate aging effects which will be applied to establish the formula of measuring concrete strength. As a result of experiments, it was found that ultrasonic pulse velocity showed radical changes depending on concrete hardening in comparison with initial standard values. So, it was concluded that age coefficient must be applied to calculate strength. In conclusion, age coefficient of ultrasonic pulse velocity of concrete was suggested on the basis of experimental results.