Research on the Attenuation Law of Stress Wave Propagation in Concrete Media

Abstract:

This paper presents an experimental method to investigate the attenuation performance of stress waves in concrete structures embedded in piezoelectric ceramics. To get the research objective, a series of test were hold. The relationship curve between the frequency and the attenuation coefficient was fit. The calculation method for propagation distances of stress waves with constant amplitudes and frequencies in the concrete medium was proposed. The research results show that the relationship curve of attenuation coefficient and frequency conform to the cubic polynomial function approximately. The attenuation performance for the concrete structure embedded into piezoelectric ceramics is relevant to the frequency, the amplitude and the medium character, and the frequency is the main factor. The research results of this paper can provide an effective evidence for correctly placing transducers.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 671-674)
• Pages: 758-767
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.671-674.758
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Wei Sun, Shi Yan, Shao Fei Jiang
• Keywords: Attenuation Coefficient, Concrete Media, Piezoceramic Transducer, Propagation Distance, Stress Wave

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