scholarly journals Dynamic modulus of elasticity and compressive strength evaluations of modified reactive powder concrete (MRPC) by non-destructive ultrasonic pulse velocity method.

Author(s):  
Farid Ghaffari Moghaddam ◽  
Abbas Akbarpour ◽  
Afshin Firouzi
2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 165-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iqbal Khan Mohammad

Nondestructive testing (NDT) is a technique to determine the integrity of a material, component or structure. The commonly NDT methods used for the concrete are dynamic modulus of elasticity and ultrasonic pulse velocity. The dynamic modulus of elasticity of concrete is related to the structural stiffness and deformation process of concrete structures, and is highly sensitive to the cracking. The velocity of ultrasonic pulses travelling in a solid material depends on the density and elastic properties of that material. Non-destructive testing namely, dynamic modulus of elasticity and ultrasonic pulse velocity was measured for high strength concrete incorporating cementitious composites. Results of dynamic modulus of elasticity and ultrasonic pulse velocity are reported and their relationships with compressive strength are presented. It has been found that NDT is reasonably good and reliable tool to measure the property of concrete which also gives the fair indication of the compressive strength development.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61
Author(s):  
Harun TANYILDIZI ◽  

The mechanical properties of polymer impregnated concrete containing polypropylene fiber were statistically and experimentally examined in this study. Taguchi L9 (33) was used in this study. The variables used for experiments were selected as the polypropylene fiber ratio (0%, 1% and 2%), cement dosage (300, 350 and 400 kg/m3) and curing time (7, 14 and 28 days). After the specimens were cured at the specified curing times, they were dried at 105 ±5 °C. Then, the monomer was impregnated to the specimens for 24 hours under atmospheric conditions. The samples for the polymerization of monomer was kept within the drying oven at 60 °C for 6 hours. The compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity tests of specimens, in which polymerization was applied, was conducted. Furthermore, the dynamic modulus of elasticity of samples was calculated using the ultrasonic pulse velocity. The Taguchi analysis found that the best values for the ultrasonic pulse velocity, dynamic modulus of elasticity and compressive strength were 28 days for curing, 1% for the polypropylene fiber percentage and 400 kg/m3 for the cement dosage. The Anova analysis found that the polypropylene fiber percentage had the biggest effect on the mechanical properties of polymer impregnated concrete containing polypropylene fiber.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 6181-6185

This paper presents a comparative study of compressive strength and ultrasonic-pulse velocity of Reactive Powder concrete (RPC) blended with micro and Nano filler materials. The material composition of RPC includes partial replacement of High Alumina Cement by alccofine and Quartz sand by zircon sand and sillimanite in order to obtain a dense concrete matrix of low level porosity. Micro-steel fibers were used to enhance the ductility of concrete composite. Polycarboxylate based super plasticizer was used to improve the workability. The experimental program comprises of compressive strength test and ultrasonic-pulse velocity test of standard water cured samples and heat treated samples at elevated temperatures of 200°C, 400°C, 600°C and 800°C. The influence of micro-filler materials in hydrated samples and microstructure of RPC specimens were examined by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) analysis. The results showed that the combined role of zircon sand and sillimanite as a filler material and high alumina cement as a refractory material made the RPC to exhibit ultra-high performance with increase in temperature and tends to decrease after 600°C


2021 ◽  
Vol 318 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
AbdulMuttalib I. Said ◽  
Baqer Abdul Hussein Ali

This paper has carried out an experimental program to establish a relatively accurate relation between the ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) and the concrete compressive strength. The program involved testing concrete cubes of (100) mm and prisms of (100×100×300) cast with specified test variables. The samples are tested by using ultrasonic test equipment with two methods, direct ultrasonic pulse (DUPV) and surface (indirect) ultrasonic pulse (SUPV) for each sample. The obtained results were used as input data in the statistical program (SPSS) to predict the best equation representing the relation between the compressive strength and the ultrasonic pulse velocity. In this research 383 specimens were tested, and an exponential equation is proposed for this purpose. The statistical program has been used to prove which type of UPV is more suitable, the (SUPV) test or the (DUPV) test, to represent the relation between the ultrasonic pulse velocity and the concrete compressive strength. In this paper, the effect of salt content on the connection between the ultrasonic pulse velocity and the concrete compressive strength has also been studied.


2018 ◽  
Vol 207 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Tu Quynh Loan Ngo ◽  
Yu-Ren Wang

In the construction industry, to evaluate the compressive strength of concrete, destructive and non-destructive testing methods are used. Non-destructive testing methods are preferable due to the fact that those methods do not destroy concrete samples. However, they usually give larger percentage of error than using destructive tests. Among the non-destructive testing methods, the ultrasonic pulse velocity test is the popular one because it is economic and very simple in operation. Using the ultrasonic pulse velocity test gives 20% MAPE more than using destructive tests. This paper aims to improve the ultrasonic pulse velocity test results in estimating the compressive strength of concrete using the help of artificial intelligent. To establish a better prediction model for the ultrasonic pulse velocity test, data collected from 312 cylinder of concrete samples are used to develop and validate the model. The research results provide valuable information when using the ultrasonic pulse velocity tests to the inputs data in addition with support vector machine by learning algorithms, and the actual compressive strengths are set as the target output data to train the model. The results show that both MAPEs for the linear and nonlinear regression models are 11.17% and 17.66% respectively. The MAPE for the support vector machine models is 11.02%. These research results can provide valuable information when using the ultrasonic pulse velocity test to estimate the compressive strength of concrete.


This study focuses on assessing the durability property of engineered cementitious composites using Ultrasonic pulse velocity method (direct and semi direct) to compute the compressive strength. Even the effect of mineral admixture on the mortar properties for different curing regimes shall be determined using this method. Mortar specimens containing microsilica in different percentages ranging from 5% to 25%, replacing portland cement by weight and adding polypropylene fibres ranging from 0.5% to 2% are chosen for evaluation. 20% of microsilica and 2% of polypropylene fibres induced to increase the range of UPV from 3463 m/s to 3505 m/s for 7 and 28 day curing regimes and also the compressive strength significantly improved for the above constituent. However there was a marginal decrease in the compressive strength and UPV outcomes when cement is replaced by microsilica greater than 20%. A relationship had been framed between ultrasound pulse velocity and compressive strength.


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