Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation of Civil Engineering Structures /

The non-destructive evaluation of civil engineering structures in reinforced concrete is becoming an increasingly important issue in this field of engineering. This book proposes innovative ways to deal with this problem, through the characterization of concrete durability indicators by the use of n...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Balayssac, Jean-Paul (Editor ), Garnier, Vincent (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Oxford : ISTE Press ; Elsevier, 2018.
Colección:Structures durability in civil engineering set.
Temas:
Nondestructive testing.
Structural engineering.
Contr�ole non destructif.
Technique de la construction.
nondestructive testing.
structural engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
Nondestructive testing
Structural engineering
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction / Vincent Garnier
  • 1.1. beginnings of NDE
  • 1.2. Industrial development of NDE
  • 1.2.1. Pressure equipment
  • 1.2.2. Aviation
  • 1.2.3. Wind energy sector
  • 1.2.4. Ski lifts
  • 1.2.5. In the absence of standards
  • 1.3. Civil Engineering works
  • 1.3.1. Historical context and challenges
  • 1.3.2. Existing regulations
  • 1.3.3. evolution of requirements in an increasingly significant socio-economic context
  • 1.4. Coordination of the monitoring of Civil Engineering structures and the role played by NDE
  • 1.5. Summary of the development of NDE
  • 1.6. Contents of the book
  • 1.7. Bibliography
  • ch. 2 Ultrasonic Methods / Vincent Garnier
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Theoretical bases
  • 2.2.1. Ultrasonic wave properties
  • 2.2.2. Refraction and reflection
  • 2.3. Description usual methods
  • 2.3.1. Categories of techniques
  • 2.3.2. Volume waves
  • 2.3.3. Guided waves
  • 2.3.4. Sensitivity of ultrasonic waves to concrete properties and characteristics
  • 2.3.5. Conclusion
  • 2.4. Innovative techniques
  • 2.4.1. Objectives
  • 2.4.2. Nonlinear elasticity
  • 2.4.3. Diffusion
  • 2.4.4. Non-coupled evaluation
  • 2.4.5. Non-contact evaluation
  • 2.4.6. Conclusions
  • 2.5. Summary
  • 2.6. Bibliography
  • ch. 3 Electromagnetic Methods / Jean Dumoulin
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Theoretical bases
  • 3.2.1. Electromagnetic properties and polarization processes
  • 3.2.2. Electromagnetic wave propagation
  • 3.2.3. Electromagnetic wave reflection at the interface of two media
  • 3.3. Overview of usual electromagnetic methods
  • 3.3.1. Radar technique
  • 3.3.2. Capacitive technique
  • 3.3.3. Additional measurement methods: measurement cells in TEM mode, co-axial sensors
  • 3.3.4. Infrared thermography: overview of the physical principle, active and passive methods, and influential parameters
  • 3.4. Usual and innovative applications
  • 3.4.1. Usual GPR applications
  • 3.4.2. Innovative GPR applications
  • 3.4.3. Capacitive method: usual applications
  • 3.4.4. Capacitive method: innovative applications for the characterization of a permittivity gradient
  • 3.4.5. Infrared thermography (IRT): usual application
  • 3.4.6. Innovative application of IRT: example of exploratory research on coupling using GPR
  • 3.5. Summary
  • 3.6. Bibliography
  • ch. 4 Electrical Methods / Jean-Paul Balayssac
  • 4.1. Theoretical bases
  • 4.1.1. Electrical conduction in concrete
  • 4.1.2. Influencing factors
  • 4.1.3. Quality of measurements, uncertainties
  • 4.2. Description of the different resistive methods of non-destructive evaluation
  • 4.2.1. General principle
  • 4.2.2. Laboratory resistivity measuring cell
  • 4.2.3. Two-or four-electrode devices
  • 4.2.4. Multi-electrode devices for electrical resistivity tomography (ERT)
  • 4.2.5. Sealed devices in concrete
  • 4.3. Usual applications and developments
  • 4.3.1. Resistivity mapping
  • 4.3.2. Deep gradient assessment
  • 4.3.3. Classification of concretes according to their performance in durability or degree of degradation
  • 4.3.4. Evaluation of the orientation of steel fibers in high-performance fiber reinforced concrete (BEFHUP)
  • 4.3.5. Development paths
  • 4.4. Conclusion
  • 4.5. Bibliography
  • ch. 5 Electrochemical Methods / Fabrice Deby
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. General principles on the corrosion of steel in concrete
  • 5.2.1. Elements of theory
  • 5.2.2. Causes and typology of steel corrosion in concrete
  • 5.3. Measurement of electrochemical potential
  • 5.3.1. Critical analysis
  • 5.4. Measurement of linear polarization resistance
  • 5.4.1. Critical analysis
  • 5.5. Measurement of the electrical resistivity of concrete
  • 5.6. Conclusions
  • 5.7. Bibliography
  • ch. 6 Quality, Uncertainties and Variabilities / Vincent Garnier
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Material variability: spatial and temporal aspects
  • 6.2.1. General information about concrete
  • 6.2.2. Variability from construction
  • 6.2.3. Post-construction variability
  • 6.2.4. Synthesis and purpose of NDE investigations
  • 6.3. Representative Volume Element of the concrete with respect to an NDE
  • 6.4. Metrological terminology and formalism
  • 6.4.1. Terminology
  • 6.4.2. Formalism
  • 6.5. Evaluation of the uncertainties of NDEs applied to concrete structures
  • 6.5.1. Implementation conditions, influence quantities, observables and indicators
  • 6.5.2. Definition of a reference
  • 6.5.3. Model errors
  • 6.6. Qualification of NDE methods
  • 6.6.1. Uncertainties and sensitivity
  • 6.6.2. Quantification of uncertainty and selection of non-destructive parameters
  • 6.6.3. Example
  • 6.7. Summary
  • 6.8. Bibliography
  • 6.9. Appendix
  • ch. 7 Construction of Conversion Models of Observables into Indicators / Vincent Garnier
  • 7.1. Introduction: objectives and methodological needs
  • 7.2. Identifying conversion model parameters
  • 7.2.1. General framework
  • 7.2.2. Direct identification of conversion model parameters
  • 7.2.3. Identification by calibration of an existing model
  • 7.2.4. How can we choose a procedure?
  • 7.3. Use of the conversion model to assess indicators
  • 7.4. Uncertainties and accuracy of estimates, recommendations
  • 7.5. Conclusions
  • 7.6. Bibliography
  • 7.7. Appendix
  • 7.7.1. Identification of a bi-objective conversion model
  • 7.7.2. References for the conversion models in Figure 7.5
  • ch. 8 Assessment of Concrete by a Combination of Non-Destructive Techniques / Denys Breysse
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. benefit of combining NDEs
  • 8.3. How can NDE techniques be combined?
  • 8.3.1. Conventional methods
  • 8.3.2. Innovative methods
  • 8.4. Calibration of conversion models for combining and merging NDE techniques
  • 8.4.1. Objective and interest of the calibration
  • 8.4.2. Calibration methods
  • 8.4.3. Calibration of SonReb methods and multiple regression
  • 8.4.4. ANN calibration
  • 8.4.5. Calibration of data fusion
  • 8.5. Conclusions
  • 8.6. Bibliography
  • ch. 9 Applications In Situ / Vincent Garnier
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Structure no. I: Marly motorway bridge
  • 9.2.1. Consultation with the client
  • 9.2.2. On-site experimental methodology
  • 9.2.3. Experimental program of destructive and non-destructive testing on cores
  • 9.2.4. On-site NDE analysis
  • 9.2.5. Evaluation and estimation of indicators
  • 9.2.6. Conclusions and discussion with the different actors
  • 9.3. Structure no. 2: enclosure walls of CEA-Saclay
  • 9.3.1. Consultation with the owner
  • 9.3.2. Non-destructive experimental methodology on-site
  • 9.3.3. Destructive and non-destructive experimental programs on cores
  • 9.3.4. On-site non-destructive evaluation analysis
  • 9.3.5. On-site non-destructive evaluation combinations
  • 9.3.6. Conclusions and discussions with the different actors
  • 9.4. Conclusions and perspectives
  • 9.5. Bibliography
  • ch.
  • 10 Methodological Guide / Jean Salin
  • 10.1. Introduction
  • 10.2. NDE methodology of a structure
  • 10.2.1. Definitions
  • 10.2.2. Knowledge of the NDE specification
  • 10.2.3. Implementation of non-destructive testing and extraction of observables
  • 10.2.4. Implementation of destructive testing and evaluation of indicators
  • 10.3. Implementation of non-destructive techniques
  • 10.3.1. Introduction
  • 10.3.2. Selection of non-destructive techniques and their combination
  • 10.3.3. Sampling and measurement protocols using non-destructive techniques
  • 10.3.4. Pre-auscultation
  • 10.3.5. Detailed auscultation
  • 10.3.6. Characterization of variability
  • 10.4. Destructive measurements of the reference values of the indicators
  • 10.4.1. Cores sampling for destructive testing
  • 10.4.2. Destructive testing on cores
  • 10.5. Fusion of observables
  • 10.5.1. Identification of conversion models
  • 10.5.2. Fusion of observables
  • 10.5.3. Calibration of the fusion
  • 10.6. Drafting of the evaluation report
  • 10.7. Evolutions of this guide
  • 10.8. Bibliography.

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