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http://dx.doi.org/10.14481/jkges.2019.20.4.5

A Pilot Study on Nondestructive Assessment of Compressive Strength Using Impact Force Response Signal  

Son, Moorak (Department of Civil Engineering, Daegu University)
Choi, Yoonseo (Department of Civil Engineering, Daegu University)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.20, no.4, 2019 , pp. 5-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper is to provide the results of a pilot study of the usability and possibility of impact force response signal induced from impacting an object for the assessment of compressive strength of various materials (rock, concrete, wood, etc.) nondestructively. For this study, a device was devised for impacting an object and measuring the impact force. The impact was carried out by an initial rotating free falling impact and following repetitive impacts from the rebound action which eventually disappears. Wood and rock test specimens for different strengths were tested and an impact force response signal was measured for each test specimen. The total impact force signal energy which is assessed from integrating the impact force response signal was compared with the directly measured compressive strength for each specimen. The comparison showed that the total impact force signal energy has a direct relationship with the directly measured compressive strength and the results clearly indicated that the compressive strength of construction materials can be assessed nondestructively using total impact force signal energy which is assessed from integrating the impact force response signal induced from impacting an object.
Keywords
Compressive strength; NDT; Impact force signal energy; Impact device;
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