Effect of load pattern in the generation of higher harmonic amplitude in concrete using nonlinear ultrasonic test

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Civil Engineering

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology

Volume

14

Issue

5

First Page

205

Last Page

214

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Abstract

Non-destructive testing is used in monitoring health of structures. In this paper, nonlinear ultrasonic test was done to analyze the sensitivity of the fundamental and higher harmonics with the internal damage in concrete. Good sensitivity produces significant quantitative changes in the nonlinear spectral amplitude parameter corresponding to the deviation of load. In actual conditions, structures have different design strength with varying water cement ratio. In addition, it is experiencing loading and unloading. These are considered as major factors that induce effect in the behavior of ultrasonic test result in concrete. Past researches have only considered increasing application of load with single loading pattern. This study aims to investigate the effect of load application pattern in the generation of higher harmonics. Ordinary concrete specimens of size 150mm x 150mm x 150mm with water-cement ratio WC40 and WC60 were casted and tested using uniaxial compression machine with two load patterns: a.) single loading pattern from 0% to 100% and, b.) multiple loading/unloading pattern. Ultrasonic test with pitch-catch configuration was conducted at each loading state to record the fundamental and higher harmonic generation in the concrete. The experimental results showed that there was a good sensitivity for 3rd harmonic amplitude parameter DA when it was subjected to single loading pattern for both WC40 and WC60. On the other hand, good sensitivity was only observed for 2nd harmonic amplitude parameter DA when it was subjected to multiple loading/unloading pattern for both WC40 and WC60. This showed that the 2nd harmonic amplitude was consistent and sensitive when repeated load was applied for low and high water cement ratio. © Copyright 2016 Japan Concrete Institute. harmoni

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.3151/jact.14.205

Disciplines

Civil Engineering

Keywords

Structural analysis (Engineering); Load factor design; Concrete—Testing

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