Damage Analysis and Quality Control of Carbon-Reinforced Concrete Beams Based on In Situ Computed Tomography Tests

Frank Liebold; Franz Wagner; Josiane Giese; Szymon Grzesiak; Christoph de Sousa; Birgit Beckmann; Matthias Pahn; Steffen Marx; Manfred Curbach; Hans-Gerd Maas

doi:10.3390/buildings13102669

Buildings (Oct 2023)

Damage Analysis and Quality Control of Carbon-Reinforced Concrete Beams Based on In Situ Computed Tomography Tests

Frank Liebold,
Franz Wagner,
Josiane Giese,
Szymon Grzesiak,
Christoph de Sousa,
Birgit Beckmann,
Matthias Pahn,
Steffen Marx,
Manfred Curbach,
Hans-Gerd Maas

Affiliations

Frank Liebold: Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Franz Wagner: Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Josiane Giese: Institute of Concrete Structures, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Szymon Grzesiak: Department of Civil Engineering, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Christoph de Sousa: Department of Civil Engineering, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Birgit Beckmann: Institute of Concrete Structures, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Matthias Pahn: Department of Civil Engineering, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Steffen Marx: Institute of Concrete Structures, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Manfred Curbach: Institute of Concrete Structures, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Hans-Gerd Maas: Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13102669
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 10
p. 2669

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Carbon-reinforced concrete (CRC) is increasingly utilized in construction, due to its unique properties, such as corrosion resistance, high-tensile strength, and durability. Understanding its behavior under different loads is crucial to ensuring its safe and effective use in various construction applications. In this study, three-point bending tests were performed in combination with large-scale in situ computed tomography (CT). This paper presents the related three- and four-dimensional evaluation methods, with emphasis on crack width and quality control. The focus was on large CRC beams, with cross-sectional sizes of up to 80 mm by 160 mm. Such dimensions require extremely high energy during a CT scan. Therefore, a new experimental setup with energies of up to 8 MeV was used in this study. However, such high energies posed new challenges to the analysis methods. Therefore, two methods (digital volume correlation and grayscale profile analysis) for accurate crack width estimation were adapted and applied to the 3D reconstructions. In addition, a photogrammetric stereo image sequence was acquired and analyzed, using digital image correlation to cross-validate the results derived from the 3D crack width estimates. The 3D CT images also played a key role in the quality control measures, including the localization of the carbon-reinforcement and the assessment of porosity within the concrete structure.

Published in Buildings

ISSN: 2075-5309 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Building construction
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/buildings

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