PZT-Based Detection of Compactness of Concrete in Concrete Filled Steel Tube Using Time Reversal Method
Open Access
- 1 January 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- Vol. 2014, 1-11
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/909682
Abstract
A smart aggregate-based approach is proposed for the concrete compactness detection of concrete filled steel tube (CFST) columns. The piezoceramic-based smart aggregates (SAs) were embedded in the predetermined locations prior to the casting of concrete columns to establish a wave-based smart sensing system for the concrete compactness detection purpose. To evaluate the efficiency of the developed approach, six specimens of the CFST columns with the rectangular cross-section were produced by placing some artificial defects during casting of concrete for simulating various uncompacted voids such as cavities, cracks, and debond. During the test, the time reversal technology was applied to rebuild the received signals and launch the reversed signals again by SAs, to overcome the issue of the lack of the prototype. Based on the proposed nonprototype, two indices of time reversibility (TR) and symmetry (SYM) were applied to relatively evaluate the level of concrete compactness in the range of the two SAs. The experimental results show that the developed method can effectively detect the compactness of concrete in CFST columns.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51278313, 51308357, 201202180, L2012214, JG2009-18)
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