본 논문에서는 콘크리트 구조물의 층상박리균열 위에서의 손상탐지에 효율적인 충격반향기법에 대해 영향을 끼치는 다양한 영향요소들에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. 충격반향기법에서의 균열 가시화를 위해 층상박리균열위의 동적거동 및 두께를 나타내는 휨 모드 및 충격반향모드(두께 모드)에 영향을 끼치는 균열의 폭/두께(a/h) 비, 균열위의 상대적 가진 점, 측정 점의 위치 등의 시험설정 변수 등을 매개변수적 유한요소해석을 통하여 조사하였다. a/h비는 2보다 클 경우 휨 모드가 지배적이었으며 작을 경우 두께 모드가 지배적이었다. 또한 가진 점, 측정 점 중 어느 하나만 균열 위에 존재할 때도 휨 모드가 지배적이었으며 균열 밖의 범위의 건전한 영역에는 가진 점, 측정 점이 모두 위치하여야 두께 모드가 지배적이었다.

The purpose of this study is to estimate the thickness of concrete slabs using the impact echo method based on the stress waves, which is one of the nondestructive test method, to evaluate the safety and construction conditions of concrete slabs. If the correlation and reliability of the impact echo method and the slab thickness are secured, it can be considered that the quality control of the concrete slab is possible in existing structures and structures under construction.

Robotics-Assisted Bridge Inpection Tool (RABITTM) combines a capability of conventional non-destructive evaluation techniques for condition assessment of concrete bridge decks, including electrical resistivity (ER), ground-penetrating radar (GPR), impact-echo (IE), ultrasonic surface waves (USW), and a high resolution digital camera. In this study, the RABITTM platform was used to evaluate delaminaitons in a concrete bridge deck fabricated in the laboratory.

Robotics-Assisted Bridge Inpection Tool (RABITTM) combines a capability of conventional non-destructive evaluation techniques for condision assessment of concrete bridge decks, including electrical resistivity (ER), ground-penetrating radar (GPR), Impact-echo (IE), ultrsonic surface waves (USW), and a high resolution digital camera. In this study, the RABITTM platform was used to evaluate delaminaitons in a concrete bridge deck in the laboratory.

Heterogeneous materials such as rock cannot be expected to have homogeneity so as to be used as structural materials. For example, in order to test large rocks more than one cubic meter, measures need to be taken against weaknesses such as internal cracks and fracture zones that can easily be overlooked in compressive strength tests. The impact-echo method could be available for evaluating strength and detecting internal defects in-situ concrete component with relatively good accuracy. In this study, measurements using the impact-echo method were carried for several types of rock specimens used at automobile crash safety tasting, and, by comparing the results with compression strength tests, the applicability of the impact-echo method for strength estimation of heterogeneous materials was evaluated.This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 25420462.

The results from air-coupled impact-echo(IE) tests into concrete slab should be interpreted and represented so that field engineers can effectively check the condition of the structure. To improve these issues, IE data in the form of “4-D spectrum plot” can be utilized to identify the information of concrete defects effectively. The concept of the 4-D plot is introduced, and the effects of image parameters (e.g. frequency range, transparency index) are experimentally investigated in this study.

As the building maintenance and safety management have recently been brought to attention, the utilization of non-destructive testing methods for internal inspection of concretes is increasing. Non-destructive testing methods, unlike typical destructive testing methods that deconstruct or cut the building in case of issues such as pores, heterogeneous material, cracks or any such equivalent issues inside/outside the building, refer to the testing methods for pores, heterogeneous material, or defectiveness occurring in the specimen without changes or destruction of internal structure using ultrasound, radiation, electromagnetism, fluid, heat, or light. In this study, among such non-destructive testing methods, the impact echo method was used for an experiment to estimate the steel rebar location and thickness in the concrete mock member.

The field application of air-coupled impact echo (IE) is evaluated in this study, where an actual in-service concrete bridge deck is tested. An IE test equipment set is deployed as part of an effort to develop new rapid measurement method. The IE data are presented as two-dimensional frequency maps. For verification of the location of shallow delamination damage, eight drilled core samples were extracted from the test area. The results show reasonably good agreement with the drilled cores.

In this study, the applicability of impact-echo method for assessment of residual strength of fire-damaged concrete is investigated. A series of standard fire test is performed to obtain fire-damaged concrete specimens. Impact-echo tests are executed on the specimens and the responses are analyzed. Compressive strengths of the fire-damaged concrete are evaluated and correlated with the ultrasonic wave velocities determined from the impact-echo responses. The effectiveness of impact-echo based ultrasonic wave velocity measurement for assessment of residual strength of fire-damaged concrete is discussed.

Recently, air-coupled impact-echo (IE) tests for rapid damage detection in concrete structures have been popularly employed, but they typically require an acoustically shielded, high sensitivity, pre-polarized air-pressure sensor. In this study, two types of air-coupled sensors (condenser and dynamic microphones) and one contact sensor (displacement sensor) are evaluated with regard to characterization of delamination damage in a concrete slab using the IE method. The contact and contactless IE tests were carried out over a simulated slab with artificial delaminations. Results show that even the dynamic microphone successfully captures impact-echo signals in a contactless manner and without acoustic shielding.

In this study, we aimed to consider the inspection without destroying the specimen using the Impact Echo Method of nondestructive test using stress wave in an objective manner for detecting defects in concrete members. As a result of estimating the thickness of the concrete slab member using Impact Echo Method under the influence of the result of the stress wave, the average error in the 7.49% confirmed the applicability. In addition, we can check the possibility of data acquisition and construction of concrete structures for the construction of the diagnosis system

Part of the domestic construction practice and non-destructive inspection technology world level is often inadequate to provide the test results to serve as a basis for evaluating the safety of the structure. Therefore, in this study, is intended to provide basic data for legislation nondestructive inspection in Japan, estimates the size of the column using a technique reverberation impact manufactured column member or this purpose. 3% maximum error rate, the result was 1% minimum error rate. The average error rate is 1.6%, revealed as well as the size of the columns that have been measured

In this study, specimens were produced to reach design standard strengths 40, 50 and 60MPa on age 28 days to evaluate the usability of high strength recycled aggregate concrete and the applicability of compressive strength by Impact Echo method and numerical analysis, and after 0, 30, 50 and 100% recycled coarse aggregates were substituted and mixed into each combination, totally 12 combinations were set. And, through compressive strength test, Impact Echo method, shock reverberation technique and numerical analysis on 1, 3, 7 and 28 days of age

본 논문에서는 비접촉식 충격-반향 기법을 이용한 콘크리트 구조물의 손상 탐지에 있어서 비용 효율성을 높이기 위한 다이나믹 마이크로폰의 적용 가능성에 대하여 알아보았다. 박리 손상이 인공적으로 모사된 콘크리트 슬래브 실험체에 대하여 비접촉 충격-반향 실험을 다이나믹 마이크로폰을 이용하여 수행하였으며 저비용 센서 시스템의 손상 탐지 성능을 분석하였다. 실험 결과 다이나믹 마이크로폰으로 의미있는 신호의 측정이 가능하며, 또한 콘크리트의 박리 손상도 고성능 음압 센서만큼 명확하게 검출 가능하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

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.

최근 구조물이 노후화되면서 기존 구조물과 시공품질을 관리하는 비파괴검사 평가의 요구가 증가되고 있다. 콘크리트 구조물의 압축강도 추정의 중요성이 건설업계에서 또한 점차적으로 증대되고 있는 실정이고, 시공관리와 품질관리에 있어서 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구는 콘크리트의 압축강도를 비교하기 위한 비파괴 검사법 중 슈미트해머 시험과 충격반향기법을 이용하여 수행되었다. 콘크리트 압축강도와 슈미트해머에 의한 반발경도 값과 충격반향기법 실험결과와의 관계를 알아내는데 초점을 두었으며, 콘크리트의 압축강도와 반발경도 값은 밀접한 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다.