ADVANCES IN NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF CONCRETE

THIS PAPER REVIEWS RECENT ADVANCES IN THE FOLLOWING NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS OF TESTING CONCRETE: ULTRASONIC, RESONANCE, RADIOACTIVE, ELECTRICAL, INITIAL SURFACE ABSORPTION, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, AND HARDNESS. A BRIEF REVIEW IS GIVEN OF THE RESEARCH WORK IN PROGRESS AT THE SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS A GREAT POTENTIAL IN THE CONCRETE INDUSTRY FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS OF TESTING CONCRETE. TWO MAJOR FIELDS WHERE THOSE METHODS COULD PROVE TO BE SUPERIOR TO TRADITIONAL METHODS ARE QUALITY CONTROL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, BOTH PRECAST AND CAST-IN-PLACE, AND MONITORING STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT TO DETERMINE ACCEPTABLE TIMES FOR THE REMOVAL OF FORM WORK OR TRANSFER OF PRESTRESSING FORCE TO CONCRETE. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Li, Shu-T'ien
  • Ramakrishnan, V
  • Russell, J E
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-11
• Monograph Title: Nondestructive testing of concrete
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 378
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete tests; Construction management; Nondestructive tests; Quality control; State of the art studies; Test procedures
• Old TRIS Terms: Construction control; Quality control testing
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00214124
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 5 1972 12:00AM