An Investigation of the Applicability of Acoustic Pulse Velocity Measurements to the Evaluation of the Quality of Concrete in Bridge Decks

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• Creators:
  Swift, Gilbert ; Moore, William M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Highway Department ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Acoustic measuring instruments
  • Acoustics
  • Bridge decks
  • Concrete
  • Concrete tests
  • Deterioration
  • Measuring instruments
  • Modulus of elasticity
  • Nondestructive tests
  • Pulses
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  130-7
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  The compressional wave velocity was measured and compared with several other significant properties of concrete specimens, using a wide variety of concrete compositions. Measured velocities in concretes containing like coarse aggregates were found to decrease with loss of strength. In all concretes tested, the elastic modulus could be estimated satisfactorily from the measured pulse velocity and the unit weight.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-18-68-130
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84582/dot_84582_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.31 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c703fa6843e6eca8f9f9a96c03fa1afd8b19793049267a7aff505d6b0277e1f7d741f5e84f4c484c172c19528e173513868442f5e75c348273c4009df82f1d58