Detection of gap in concrete-metal structures using piezoelectric sensor technique

Paritosh Giri; Sergey  Kharkovsky

doi:10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969835

Detection of gap in concrete-metal structures using piezoelectric sensor technique

Paritosh Giri, Sergey Kharkovsky

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Abstract

A piezoelectric sensor technique has been proposed for non-invasive detection of gap between metal and concrete in concrete-metal composite structures such as concrete-filled steel tubes. This technique includes piezoelectric transducers attached to the external surface of the metal. The sine burst signal is generated by an actuator using a signal generation unit which propagates along the metal and is received by a sensor. The signal received by the sensor without gap is taken as a reference and compared with the signal at different gaps. Two different specimens based on concrete block are measured, one with a steel plate and another with an aluminium plate. Statistical indexes including correlation coefficient, peak-to-peak amplitude of resultant signal and root mean square deviation are used for comparison and quantitative analysis of gap. The proposed technique is able to detect gap value as low as 0.1 mm and it demonstrates the applicability of this technique for gap detection in concrete-filled steel tubes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	I2MTC 2017
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509035960
ISBN (Print)	9781509035977
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969835
Publication status	Published - 22 May 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference - Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Duration: 22 May 2017 → 25 May 2017 http://2017.imtc.ieee-ims.org/

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
Abbreviated title	I2MTC
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Turin
Period	22/05/17 → 25/05/17
Internet address	http://2017.imtc.ieee-ims.org/

Keywords

gap
composite structure
piezoelectric transducers
non-invasive inspection
concrete-metal interface
concrete-filled steel tube

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Giri, P & Kharkovsky, S 2017, Detection of gap in concrete-metal structures using piezoelectric sensor technique. in I2MTC 2017: IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1-5, 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference , Turin, Italy, 22/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969835

Detection of gap in concrete-metal structures using piezoelectric sensor technique. / Giri, Paritosh; Kharkovsky, Sergey .
I2MTC 2017: IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017. p. 1-5.

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