Condition assessment of concrete by hybrid non-destructive tests

M Sofi; Y Oktavianus; E Lumantarna; A Rajabifard; C Duffield; P Mendis

Journal article

Condition assessment of concrete by hybrid non-destructive tests

M Sofi, Y Oktavianus, E Lumantarna, A Rajabifard, C Duffield, P Mendis

Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1007/s13349-019-00336-9

Abstract

This paper presents interim findings of a research project that was aimed to develop reliable methods to assess the condition of bridges and port-structures. The use of different types of non-destructive testing (NDT) equipment in assessing in situ concrete such as that for concrete cover measurement and locating the arrangement of the reinforcements, air permeability, electrical resistivity and the half-cell potential is reported in this paper. Six electrically inter-connected reinforced concrete (RC) specimens were made under laboratory conditions to validate NDT equipment output and to correlate them. Field testing was then conducted on the exterior of an RC wall of Doug McDonell Building..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Massoud Sofi Author

Elisa Lumantarna Author

Abbas Rajabifard Author

Colin Duffield Author

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Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Australia Indonesia Centre (AIC) for the financial support towards Strategic Research Project 2. The contribution from the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Grant (DE170100165, DE2017R1) is acknowledged. The equipment was purchased through an ARC LIEF Grant (LE140100053). The authors would like to thank the postgraduates Boyuan Zhang, Changda Zhang, Fanxi Meng, and Jialiang Duan for their contribution with Laboratory tests.