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Early Detection Of Structural Damage In Uhpfrc Structures Through The Combination Of Acoustic Emission And Ultrasonic Stress Wave Monitoring, Numa Bertola, Thomas Schumacher, Ernst Niederleithinger, Eugen Brühwiler
Early Detection Of Structural Damage In Uhpfrc Structures Through The Combination Of Acoustic Emission And Ultrasonic Stress Wave Monitoring, Numa Bertola, Thomas Schumacher, Ernst Niederleithinger, Eugen Brühwiler
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Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composite (UHPFRC) offers several advantages compared to concrete, notably due to the strain hardening behavior under tensile actions. Structures made of this composite material are lightweight and highly durable, thanks to the UHPFRC waterproofing quality. Nonetheless, the tensile behavior leads to a different cracking pattern than conventional concrete and is not fully understood yet. This paper presents a combined approach using both passive ultrasonic (US) stress wave (or acoustic emission) and active US stress wave monitoring to localize and quantify damage progression in a full-scale UHPFRC beam during experimental load testing. The proposed monitoring approach involves 24 …
Combined Passive And Active Ultrasonic Stress Wave Monitoring Of Concrete Structures: An Overview Of Data Analysis Techniques And Their Applications And Limitations, Thomas Schumacher, Numa Bertola, Niklas Epple, Eugen Bruehwiler, Ernst Niederleithinger
Combined Passive And Active Ultrasonic Stress Wave Monitoring Of Concrete Structures: An Overview Of Data Analysis Techniques And Their Applications And Limitations, Thomas Schumacher, Numa Bertola, Niklas Epple, Eugen Bruehwiler, Ernst Niederleithinger
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
Combined passive ultrasonic (US) stress wave [better known as acoustic emission (AE)] and active US stress wave monitoring has been shown to provide a more holistic picture of ongoing fracture processes, damage progression, as well as slowly occurring aging and degradation mechanisms in concrete structures. Traditionally, different data analysis techniques have been used to analyze the data generated from these two monitoring techniques. For passive US stress wave monitoring, waveform amplitudes, hit rates, source localization, and b-value analysis, among others, have been used to detect and locate cracking. On the other hand, amplitude tracking, magnitude squared coherence (MSC), and coda …