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http://dx.doi.org/10.4334/JKCI.2010.22.1.113

Detection of Fracture Signals of Low Prestressed Steel Wires in a 10 m PSC Beam by Continuous Acoustic Monitoring Techniques  

Youn, Seok-Goo (School of Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Technology)
Lee, Chang-No (School of Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute / v.22, no.1, 2010 , pp. 113-122 More about this Journal
Abstract
Corrosion of prestressing tendons and wire fractures in grouted post-tensioned prestressed concrete bridges have been considered as a serious safety problem. In bridge evaluation the condition of prestressing tendons should be inspected, and if corroded tendons are found, the loss of tendon area should be included when we calculate the ultimate strength. In the previous study, it was evaluated that continuous acoustic monitoring techniques could be considered as a reliable non-destructive method for detecting wire fractures of fully grouted post-tensioned prestressing tendons. In the present study, an experimental test was performed for detecting wire fractures of post-tensioned prestressing tendons which are prestressed lower than current design level. A 10 m prestressed concrete beam was fabricated, which included two tendons prestressed 66 percentage and 40 percentage of tensile strength, respectively. The corrosion of two tendons was induced by an accelerated corrosion equipment and the test beam was monitored by using seven acoustic sensors and a continuous acoustic monitoring system. From each prestressing tendon, two acoustic signals of wire fractures were successfully detected and source locations were estimated within 20 mm error. Based on the test results, it is considered that continuous acoustic monitoring techniques can be applied to detect low-prestressed wire fracture in fully grouted post-tensioned prestressed concrete beams.
Keywords
prestressed concrete; corrosion; wire fracture; non-destructive method; acoustic emission;
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