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In-Situ Strength Assessment of Concrete: Detailed Guidelines Read chapter Read first chapter

2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. Evaluation of Concrete Strength by Combined NDT Techniques: Practice, Possibilities and Recommendations

Authors : Zoubir Mehdi Sbartaï, Vincenza Anna Maria Luprano, Emilia Vasanelli

Published in: Non-Destructive In Situ Strength Assessment of Concrete

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Abstract

This chapter presents a summarized state of the art of the available methods (SonReb and new methodologies) for the combination of NDT measurements. This synthesis can be helpful for selecting NDT methods for the combination. The chapter also discusses in which condition it is convenient or not to apply the combination of methods. Several possible approaches are detailed in a synthetic way. SonReb method is the most popular method for combining NDT methods, likely UPV and rebound hammer. The use of more than two NDT techniques with the objective of improving the evaluation is presented. This approach of combination can be interesting for example if moisture content varies in the tested concrete or if the quality of techniques is equivalent and if they are complementary. The results of the literature have been presented and discussed for a possible use in the RILEM recommendations. As a first result and without additional computational work, the use of the different approaches is discussed regarding the test result precision of, the TRP, and the magnitude of the final conversion model error.

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Footnotes
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Formally, all methods could be viewed as corresponding to explicit models. For instance, data fusion uses multiple regression for identifying the relation between NDT and concrete properties. However, the difference is more in common engineering practice, as neural networks are often taken as “black-boxes”. Whatever the method, the user, researcher or engineer, must know and control how the model works.
 
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This is because the fitting error RMSEfit does not provide a relevant estimate of the model error and must be replaced by the predictive error RMSEpred. This issue is specified in §1.​5.​4.​3 and §1.​5.​6.​2. It is also illustrated on a practical example in Chap. 9.
 
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This may be the case, for instance, if one technique has a poorer TRP level than the other technique, of if the range of fluctuation of concrete properties in the investigation domain is too small.
 
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Metadata
Title
Evaluation of Concrete Strength by Combined NDT Techniques: Practice, Possibilities and Recommendations
Authors
Zoubir Mehdi Sbartaï
Vincenza Anna Maria Luprano
Emilia Vasanelli
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Non-Destructive In Situ Strength Assessment of Concrete

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-64899-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-64900-5

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64900-5_3