Images created by stack imaging spectral amplitudes based on the impact-echo (SIBIE) method are largely one-dimensional because a single frequency domain spectrum for waves reflected below a single point of impact is used to create them. The method has limitations for representing defects in a cross section of a concrete structural element using two-dimensional coordinates. This study focused on defect detection and visualization in a concrete structural element using multiple impacts and accumulated SIBIE. An impactor was used to induce energy at multiple points positioned at prescribed intervals along the structural element. A modified SIBIE method was applied to the collected data for each point and the modified SIBIE images were accumulated to generate one image (an accumulated SIBIE image). As a result, the defect positions could be represented in the cross section of the structural element using a two-dimensional coordinate system. And the method appears to improve upon existing methods to detect voids or other defects in concrete.

Image created by stack imaging spectral amplitudes based on the impact-echo (SIBIE) method is largely one-dimensional because a single frequency domain spectrum for wave reflected below a single point of impact is used to create the image. The method has limitations for representing defects in a cross section of a concrete structural element using two-dimensional coordinates. This study focused on defect detection and visualization in a concrete structural element using multiple impacts and accumulated SIBIE. An impactor was used to induce energy at multiple points at positioned at prescribed intervals along the structural element. A modified SIBIE method was applied to the collected data of each point and the modified SIBIE images were accumulated to generate one image (an accumulated SIBIE image). As a result, the defect positions could be represented in the cross section of the structural element using a two-dimensional coordinate system.

PC형교에서는 거더의 복부와 하부에 PC강선을 수용하는 쉬이스가 배치되어 있으며, 그 내부에 그라우트를 충전함으로서 PC 강선과 콘크리트를 간접적으로 부착시킨다. 그러나 이 충전이 불충분하면, 쉬이스 내부에 물이 침투하여 PC강선이 부식하거나,동결융해 작용에 의한 쉬이스 배치 위치에서의 횡방향 균열이 발생한다. 그 때문에 시공 후 조기에 미충전부를 파악하는 것이구조물의 유지관리상 중요한 요소가 된다. 본 연구에서는, 교랑 부재에 손상을 입히지 않게 하기위해 충격탄성파법을 이용하여실구조물에 대한 그라우트 미충전부 탐사측정을 실시하였다. 우선 레이더형 철근 탐사기로 철근과 쉬이스의 위치를 추정하고그 위치를 기준으로 쉬이스에서의 측정부위를 정하였다. 거더 측면에 탄성파를 입력하고 그 응답으로부터, 고주파수 피크와 두께를 나타내는 공진주파수의 2배수 주파수와의 차로서 미충전부의 위치와 충전정도를 정성적으로 추정하였다. 추정 부위에 대한 확인을 위해 거더의 측면을 천공하고 공업용 내시경에 의한 촬영을 실시하였다.