Papers by Author: Kuang Chih Pei

Abstract: This paper presents an experimental study dealing with the toughness of heavy concrete based on the ASTM C1018. Mixtures including 0%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% of steel fiber content by volume are designated, which are developed based on a mixture used in Kuosheng nuclear power plant in Taiwan. Metallic aggregates of iron shots and iron ore take 48.8% by volume in that mixture. Test results reveal that the compressive strength and rupture modulus of heavy concrete turn out higher than those of normal concrete. In addition, flexural toughness of heavy concrete grow with the steel fiber fraction, which is valid and appropriate for construction of shielding structure and spent fuel cask.

Abstract: The paper introduces a newly developed imaging technique for evaluating the integrity of concrete structures. The image of normalized amplitude spectra is obtained from B-scan of impact-echo tests. The normalizing process was carried out by obtaining the simulated transfer functions, in which the displacement of R-wave waveform of the impact-echo response multiplying a correcting factor is used as the simulated force-time function. Two specimens, one reinforced and the other unreinforced concrete plates, containing naturally delaminated cracks with crack widths 1 mm, 3 mm and 5 mm were constructed and repaired by injected epoxy into the delaminated cracks. The NDT method was performed on the specimens before and after the repairing work for comparison. The spectral image shows consistent high intensity at the crack-depth-frequency for specimens at crack stages and less in intensity for the ones at repaired stage.