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Evaluation of freezing and thawing damage of concrete using a nonlinear ultrasonic method

  • Yim, Hong Jae (Department of Construction and Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Sun-Jong (Department of Civil Engineering, Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Jae Hong (School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kwak, Hyo-Gyong (Department of Civil Engineering, Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2014.01.28
  • Accepted : 2014.09.29
  • Published : 2016.01.25
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Abstract

Freezing and thawing cycles induce deterioration and strength degradation of concrete structures. This study presumes that a large quantity of contact-type defects develop due to the freezing and thawing cycles of concrete and evaluates the degree of defects based on a nonlinearity parameter. The nonlinearity parameter was obtained by an impact-modulation technique, one of the nonlinear ultrasonic methods. It is then used as an indicator of the degree of contact-type defects. Five types of damaged samples were fabricated according to different freezing and thawing cycles, and the occurrence of opening or cracks on a micro-scale was visually verified via scanning electron microscopy. Dynamic modulus and wave velocity were also measured for a sensitivity comparison with the obtained nonlinearity parameter. The possibility of evaluating strength degradation was also investigated based on a simple correlation of the experimental results.

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Supported by : Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement(KAIA)

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