A COMBINED ULTRASONIC PROCEDURE TO EVALUATE DAMAGE IN CONCRETE BEAMS SUBJECTED TO STATIC LOAD

Authors

  • Sabah Fartosy Water Resources Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5831-297X
  • Narmeen Abdalwahhab Abdalqadir Environmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3898-9822
  • Haider Ali Al-Mussawy Water Resources Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3897-3783
  • Nagham Qasim Jafar Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq Author
  • Soumya Ghosh Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-3516

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.28.2.5

Keywords:

Concrete Beam, frequency spectra, ultrasonic wave velocity, wave attenuation

Abstract

Concrete is utilized in a wide range of civil engineering applications specifically in infrastructure projects. In general, as with any construction material, it may be subjected to deterioration over time because of various reasons such as excessive loading and so on. In this research, two reinforced concrete beams on a large scale (length 2400 mm, depth 350 mm, and width 250 mm) are cast and tested under static load using the ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) technique consisting of three pairs of transducers (54 kHz, 150 kHz, and 250 kHz). During the loading, the signals are sent and captured through the used transducers at selected loading steps. Two new proposed procedures based on signal peaks in time and frequency domains are used to monitor the crack progress induced in concrete beams under concentrated load. The findings of this study revealed the suitability of the proposed two approaches to detect the propagation of cracks to evaluate damage induced in concrete beams.

Author Biographies

  • Narmeen Abdalwahhab Abdalqadir , Environmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

    Narmeen is lecturer in Department of Environmental Engineering , College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University

  • Haider Ali Al-Mussawy , Water Resources Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

    Dr. Haider Ali Al-Mussawy  is Associate Professor in Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah Universit

  • Nagham Qasim Jafar, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

    Nagham is a lab engineer in the department of Civil engineering, college of engineering, Mustansiriyah university

  • Soumya Ghosh , Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    Soumya Ghosh is a Professor in University of the Free State, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

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2024-03-01

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A COMBINED ULTRASONIC PROCEDURE TO EVALUATE DAMAGE IN CONCRETE BEAMS SUBJECTED TO STATIC LOAD . (2024). Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 28(02), 213-221. https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.28.2.5

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