Acoustic emission monitoring of concrete columns and beams strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer sheets

Gao Ma; Hui Li; Wensong Zhou; Guijun Xian

doi:10.1117/12.915065

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4 April 2012 Acoustic emission monitoring of concrete columns and beams strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer sheets

Gao Ma, Hui Li, Wensong Zhou, Guijun Xian

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Proceedings Volume 8347, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2012; 83472F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.915065
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Acoustic emission (AE) technique is an effective method in the nondestructive testing (NDT) field of civil engineering. During the last two decades, Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) has been widely used in repairing and strengthening concrete structures. The damage state of FRP strengthened concrete structures has become an important issue during the service period of the structure and it is a meaningful work to use AE technique as a nondestructive method to assess its damage state. The present study reports AE monitoring results of axial compression tests carried on basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) confined concrete columns and three-point-bending tests carried on BFRP reinforced concrete beams. AE parameters analysis was firstly utilized to give preliminary results of the concrete fracture process of these specimens. It was found that cumulative AE events can reflect the fracture development trend of both BFRP confined concrete columns and BFRP strengthened concrete beams and AE events had an abrupt increase at the point of BFRP breakage. Then the fracture process of BFRP confined concrete columns and BFRP strengthened concrete beams was studied through RA value-average frequency analysis. The RA value-average frequency tendencies of BFRP confined concrete were found different from that of BFRP strengthened concrete beams. The variation tendency of concrete crack patterns during the loading process was revealed.

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Gao Ma, Hui Li, Wensong Zhou, and Guijun Xian "Acoustic emission monitoring of concrete columns and beams strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer sheets", Proc. SPIE 8347, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2012, 83472F (4 April 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.915065

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