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Experimental study of the nonlinear effects generated in a concrete structure with damaged integrity

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The paper deals with nonlinear interaction between elastic waves and structural defects in concrete specimens. Three groups of concrete specimens which differed from each other in the structure quality as a consequence of different ripening conditions were performed. Nonstandard concrete ripening conditions resulted in the development of microcracks in the specimen structure. The nonlinear elastic properties of the structure were tested by using the analysis of response frequency spectrum generated from a continuous wave transmission through the concrete specimens. It was tested whether or not the microcracks in the structure gave rise to parasitic components which were able to generate nonlinear phenomena in the signal transmission. A single harmonic ultrasonic signal method was applied to the specimens and evaluation, especially of the second and third harmonic components as indicators of nonlinearity was carried out. Verification measurements which have been carried out in parallel with the ultrasonic ones, give evidence of the specimen structure integrity deteriorations and confirm the correlation between the nonlinear effects on the transfer characteristics with the existence of defects in the specimen internal structure.

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  1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics, Brno University of Technology, Veveri 95, 60200, Brno, Czech Republic

    Marta Korenska & Lubos Pazdera

  2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Building Structures, Brno University of Technology, Veveri 95, 60200, Brno, Czech Republic

    Monika Manychova

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Original Russian Text © Marta Korenska, Monika Manychova, Lubos Pazdera, 2013, published in Defektoskopiya, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 9, pp. 47–55.

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Korenska, M., Manychova, M. & Pazdera, L. Experimental study of the nonlinear effects generated in a concrete structure with damaged integrity. Russ J Nondestruct Test 49, 530–537 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061830913090040

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