Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Steel reinforced concrete specimens of loaded and unloaded
configuration were placed in contact with seawater in a state of
accelerated corrosion. They were simultaneously monitored for acoustic
emission and the results were analyzed in an evaluation of the use of
acoustic emission as a nondestructive monitor of corrosion induced
cracking. It was shown that, in a laboratory environment, counts and
amplitude information are sensitive indicators of the levels of
cracking within the concrete specimen; and thereby the degree of
corrosion damage may be inferred. Analytical models applicable to the
representation of acoustic emission amplitude distribution are
discussed also.
configuration were placed in contact with seawater in a state of
accelerated corrosion. They were simultaneously monitored for acoustic
emission and the results were analyzed in an evaluation of the use of
acoustic emission as a nondestructive monitor of corrosion induced
cracking. It was shown that, in a laboratory environment, counts and
amplitude information are sensitive indicators of the levels of
cracking within the concrete specimen; and thereby the degree of
corrosion damage may be inferred. Analytical models applicable to the
representation of acoustic emission amplitude distribution are
discussed also.
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