Estimation of Thickness of Concrete Slab Members Using Impact Echo Method

Abstract:

Recently, the interest in maintenance and repair of existing concrete structures have increased, and it is typical to use non-destructive testing methods such as rebound hardness test or ultrasonic pulse velocity method to execute maintenance and repair of structures efficiently. Many non-destructive testing methods are being used in practice such as at construction sites, but verification for site applications are quite inadequate. Thus, this study intends to evaluate the applicability of Impact Echo Method which is one of the non-destructive testing methods using stress wave. Total of four specimens were planned and produced. The thickness of concrete slab members was estimated using I.E(OLSENs Freedom Data PC with Win.TFS Software Version 2.5.2). The estimated materials of concrete members by IE was found to be IE-1 specimen 178mm, IE-2 specimen 197mm, IE-3 specimen 191mm, and IE-4 specimen 263mm, and the error rate was found to be 4.22%~18.67% (average 9.6%), showing that they are relatively well in agreement. In this study, the experiments were executed with the objective of estimating the thickness of concrete slab members using Impact Echo Method. Through this study, the applicability of thickness estimation in concrete slab members using impact echo method could be confirmed.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 605)
• Pages: 139-142
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.605.139
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Seong Uk Hong, Yong Taeg Lee, Seung Hun Kim, J.H. Na
• Keywords: Concrete, Estimation, Impact Echo Method, Slab, Thickness

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