Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-23-2021
Publication Title
Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research
Volume
11
Issue
1
First page number:
6662
Last page number:
6667
Abstract
This study investigates the feasibility of the application of ultrasonic measurement to characterize Steel-Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (SFRC). Specifically, the effects of steel fiber content, age, moisture content, and fiber orientation on Ultrasonic-Pulse-Velocity (UPV) were investigated. In this regard, beam and cylindrical samples were fabricated with different steel fiber contents. The result indicated that for beam specimens the UPV increases with the addition of fiber up to 2% and decreases for higher fiber percentages. Additionally, the fiber orientation within the beam specimens influences the UPV measurements. For cylindrical samples, the rate of UPV decreased with the addition of steel fiber reinforcement. In addition, it was discovered that the curing period affects the magnitude of UPV.
Keywords
NDT; Concrete; Curing; Ultrasound; Steel fiber; Pulse velocity; Orientation
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering
File Format
File Size
842 KB
Language
English
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Repository Citation
Gebretsadik, B.,
Jdidirendi, K.,
Farhangi, V.,
Karakouzian, M.
(2021).
Application of Ultrasonic Measurements for the Evaluation of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete.
Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 11(1),
6662-6667.
http://dx.doi.org/10.48084/etasr.3915