Monitoring the corrosion of reinforced concrete using the ultrasonic coda wave method

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Journal of Vibration and Shock ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2) : 264-270.

LDuo1, XU Jiahao1, HU Hongwei1, YI Shanchang2, WANG Lei2

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Aiming at the propagation velocity deviation of existing ultrasonic nondestructive testing methods in corrosion damage evaluation of reinforced concrete (RC), a monitoring method using coda wave interferometry (CWI) to characterize RC corrosion was proposed. Based on multiple scattering of ultrasonic propagation of concrete, corrosion damage evaluation indexes of CWI were established. A rapid electrochemical experiment was set up to monitor the corrosion process of RC at 0%, 1% and 2% corrosion rates. The relative velocity change "Δv" ⁄"v" and the decorrelation coefficient "K" _"d" were analyzed by stepwise CWI, and the influence of transducer arrangement on the sensitivity of coda corrosion monitoring was explored. The results show that "Δv" ⁄"v" decreases with the corrosion time, while "K" _"d" increases with the corrosion time. The CWI method can effectively monitor the corrosion crack propagation process of RC structure and has good sensitivity. The corrosion cracking of RC structure can be detected by three different arrangements of the transducer: vertical, opposite and same side, and the vertical arrangement is more sensitive to RC corrosion detection.

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ultrasonic testing (UT) / coda wave interference (CWI) / reinforced concrete (RC) / corrosion / multiple scattering

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L Duo1, XU Jiahao1, HU Hongwei1, YI Shanchang2, WANG Lei2. Monitoring the corrosion of reinforced concrete using the ultrasonic coda wave method[J]. Journal of Vibration and Shock, 2024, 43(2): 264-270

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