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Acoustic Emission and Related Non-destructive Evaluation Techniques in the Fracture Mechanics of Concrete

Fundamentals and Applications

  • 2nd Edition - October 1, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Masayasu Ohtsu
  • Language: English

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Acoustic Emission and Related Non-destructive Evaluation Techniques in the Fracture Mechanics of Concrete: Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition presents innovative Acoustic Emission (AE) and related non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques that are used for damage detection and inspection of aged and deteriorated concrete structures. This new edition includes multi-modal applications such as DIC, thermography, X-ray and in-situ implementations, all of which are helpful in better understanding feasibility and underlying challenges. This new edition is an essential resource for civil engineers, contractors working in construction, and materials scientists working both in industry and academia.

Key features

  • Completely updated, with a new chapter on multi-technique damage monitoring
  • Presents new applications and novel technologies on AE and related NDT in the fracture mechanics of concrete
  • Features contributions from recognized world-leaders in the application of acoustic emission (AE) and NDE techniques used for the damage assessment of concrete and concrete structures

Readership

Civil engineers, materials scientists, contractors, academic researchers, students and industry practitioners working in the field of non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring of structures, in particular concrete structures. Mechanical engineers

Table of contents

  1. Damage evaluation in concrete materials by acoustic emission
  2. Acoustic emission wireless monitoring of structures
  3. Identification of the fracture process zone in concrete materials by acoustic emission
  4. Acoustic emission method and electrochemical noise technique for evaluation of rebar corrosion in reinforced concrete
  5. Seismology-based acoustic emission techniques for the monitoring of fracture processes in concrete structures
  6. Acoustic emission monitoring and quantitative evaluation of damage in concrete beams under creep
  7. Laboratory investigations on concrete fracture using acoustic emission techniques
  8. Monitoring of crack propagation in reinforced concrete beams using embedded piezoelectric transducers
  9. NDE method for rebar corrosion degree of RC structures
  10. Estimation of concrete strength by the contrast X-ray method
  11. Low-level acoustic emission in the long-term monitoring of concrete
  12. Artificial neural network analysis of acoustic emission data during longtime corrosion monitoring of posttensioned concrete structures
  13. Acoustic monitoring for the evaluation of concrete structures and materials
  14. Multitechnique damage monitoring: application to concrete beams

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 1, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Masayasu Ohtsu

Dr. Masayasu Ohtsu is an adjunct professor at the Laboratory on Innovative Techniques for Infrastructures, Kyoto University, Japan and an emeritus professor of the Kumamoto University, Japan. His major research field contains applications of acoustic emission to concrete, nondestructive evaluation of concrete structures and numerical analysis of composite structures.
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor, Laboratory on Innovative Techniques for Infrastructures, Kyoto University, Japan; Emeritus Professor, Kumamoto University, Japan

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