Impact-echo: The complete story

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 777-786

  Sansalone, Mary ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Flaws; Impact echo; Nondestructive testing; Quality control; Research; Stress wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; CONCRETE PIPE; CONCRETE SLABS; CONCRETE TESTING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

IMPACT ECHO METHOD;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031269641     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (33)

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2. Sansalone, M.; Carino, N. J.; and Hsu, N. N., "A Finite Element Study of Transient Wave Propagation in Plates," National Bureau of Standards Journal of Research, July-Aug., 1987, pp. 267-278.
3. Sansalone, M.; Carino, N. J.; and Hsu, N. N., "A Finite Element Study of the Interaction of Transient Stress Waves with Planar Flaws," National Bureau of Standards Journal of Research, July-Aug., 1987, pp. 279-290.
4. Proctor, T., "Some Details of the NBS Conical Transducer," Journal of Acoustic Emission. Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 173-178.
5. Sansalone, M., and Carino, N. J., "The Transient Impact Response of Plates Containing Disk-shaped Flaws," National Bureau of Standards Journal of Research, Nov.-Dec., 1987, pp. 369-381.
6. Sansalone, M., and Carino, N. J., "Detecting Delaminations in Reinforced Concrete Slabs with and without Asphalt Concrete Overlays Using the Impact-Echo Method," ACI Materials Journal, Mar.-Apr., 1989, pp. 175-184.
7. Sansalone, M., and Carino, N. J., "Finite Element Studies of the Impact-Echo Response of Layered Plates Containing Flaws," in International Advances in Nondestructive Testing, 15th ed., edited by W. McGonnagle, Gordon & Breach Science Publishers, New York, 1990, pp. 313-336.
8. Sansalone, M., and Carino, N. J., "Detecting Honeycombing, the Depth of Surface-opening Cracks, and Ungrouted Ducts Using the Impact-Echo Method," Concrete International, Apr. 1988, pp. 38-46.
9. Sansalone, M., and Carino, N. J., "Laboratory and Field Study of the Impact-Echo Method for Flaw Detection in Concrete," in Nondestructive Testing of Concrete, Special Publication of the American Concrete Institute, 1988, pp. 1-20.
10. Sansalone, Mary, "Flaw Detection in Concrete Using Transient Stress Waves," PhD Thesis, Cornell University, 1986, 220 pp.
11. Lin, Y. and Sansalone, M., "Detecting Flaws in Concrete Beams and Columns Using the Impact-Echo Method," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 89, No. 4, 1992.
12. Lin, Y., and Sansalone, M., "Transient Response of Thick Circular and Square Bars Subjected to Transverse Elastic Impact," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 91, No. 2., Feb. 1992.
13. Lin, Y., and Sansalone, M., "Transient Response of Thick Rectangular Bars Subjected to Transverse Elastic Impact," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 91, No. 4, Apr. 1992.
14. Lin, J. M., and Sansalone, M., "Impact-Echo Studies of Interfacial Bond Quality of Concrete: Effects of Unbonded Fraction," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 93, No. 3, May-June 1996.
15. Lin, J. M.; Sansalone, M.; and Poston, R., "Impact-Echo Studies of Interfacial Bond Quality of Concrete: Effects of Bond Tensile Strength," accepted for publication in the ACI Materials Journal, Mar. 1995.
16. Lin, J. M.; Sansalone, M.; and Streett, W. B., "A Procedure for Determining P-wave Speed in Concrete for Use in Impact-Echo Testing Using a Direct P-wave Speed Measurement Technique," accepted for publication in ACI Materials Journal, May 1996.
17. Lin, J. M., and Sansalone, M., "A Procedure for Determining P-wave Speed in Concrete for Use in Impact-Echo Testing Using a Rayleigh Wave Speed Measurement Technique," Innovations in Nondestructive Testing, SP-168, American Concrete Institute, 1997.
18. Sansalone, M.; Lin, J. M.; and Streett, W. B., "A New Procedure for Determining Highway Pavement Thickness Using Surface Wave Speed Measurements and the Impact-Echo Method" Innovations in Nondestructive Testing, SP-168 American Concrete Institute, 1997.
19. Lin, J. M., and Sansalone, M., "The Transient Response of Hollow Cylindrical Structures Subjected to Transverse Elastic Impact," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1993.
20. Lin, J. M., and Sansalone, M., "The Impact-Echo Response of Hollow Cylindrical Concrete Structures Surrounded by Soil or Rock, Part 1 - Numerical Studies," American Society of Testing and Materials - Journal of Geotechnical Testing, Vol. 17, No. 2, June 1994.
21. Lin, J. M., and Sansalone, M., "The Impact-Echo Response of Hollow Cylindrical Concrete Structures Surrounded by Soil or Rock, Part 2 - Field Studies," American Society of Testing and Materials - Journal of Geotechnical Testing, Vol. 17, No. 2, June 1994.
22. Cheng, C., and Sansalone, M., "The Effects of Steel Bars and Cracking Around Bars on Impact-Echo Signals," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 90, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1993.
23. Cheng, C. and Sansalone, M. "The Impact-Echo Response of Concrete Plates Containing Delaminations - Numerical, Experimental, and Field Studies," RILEM Journal of Materials and Structures, Vol. 26, 1993.
24. Cheng, C. and Sansalone, M., "Determining the Minimum Crack Width That Can Be Detected Using the Impact-echo Method, Part I: Experimental Study," RILEM Journal of Materials and Structure, Vol. 28, 1995.
25. Cheng, C., and Sansalone, M., "Determining the Minimum Crack Width That Can Be Detected Using the Impact-Echo Method, Part II: Numerical Fracture Analyses," RILEM Journal of Materials and Structures, Vol. 28, 1995.
26. Pratt, D. and Sansalone, M., "The Use of A Neural Network for Automating Impact-Echo Signal Analysis," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 89, No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 1992.
27. Jaeger, B.; Sansalone, M.; and Poston, R., "Detecting Voids in the Grouted Tendon Ducts of Post-Tensioned Structures Using the Impact-Echo Method," ACI Structural Journal, July-August 1996, pp. 462-473.
28. Williams, T. J.; Sansalone, M.; Streett, W. B.; Poston, R.; and Whitlock, R., "Nondestructive Evaluation of Masonry Structures Using the Impact-Echo Method," The Masonry Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, June 1997, pp. 47-57.
29. Sansalone, M., and Pratt, D., "Theory and Operation Manual for the Impact-Echo Field System," Department of Structural Engineering, Report No. 92-2, Cornell University, Jan. 1992.
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