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Damage Detection Using Ultrasonic Techniques in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) Columns
Concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs) are structural elements that, as a consequence of an incorrect elaboration, can exhibit internal defects that cannot be visualized, being usually air voids. In this work, the detection of internal damage in CFST samples elaborated with a percentage of contained ai...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9227134/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35746181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22124400 |
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author | Callejas, Antonio Palma, Roberto Hernández-Figueirido, David Rus, Guillermo |
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description | Concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs) are structural elements that, as a consequence of an incorrect elaboration, can exhibit internal defects that cannot be visualized, being usually air voids. In this work, the detection of internal damage in CFST samples elaborated with a percentage of contained air voids in concrete, was carried out by performing a complete ultrasound scan using an immersion tank. The analysis of the ultrasound signals shows the differences presented in the amplitude of the fundamental frequency of the signal, and in the Broadband Ultrasound Attenuation (BUA), in comparison with a sample without defects. The main contribution of this study is the application of the BUA technique in CFST samples for the location of air voids. The results present a linear relationship between BUA averages over the window of the CFSTs and the percentage of air voids contained (Pearson’s correlation coefficient r = 0.9873), the higher percentage of air voids, the higher values of BUA. The BUA algorithm could be applied effectively to distinguish areas with defects inside the CFSTs. Similar to the BUA results, the analysis in the frequency domain using the FFT and the STFT was sensitive in the detection of internal damage (Pearson’s correlation coefficient r = −0.9799, and r = −0.9672, respectively). The results establish an improvement in the evaluation of CFST elements for the detection of internal defects. |
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spelling | pubmed-92271342022-06-25 Damage Detection Using Ultrasonic Techniques in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) Columns Callejas, Antonio Palma, Roberto Hernández-Figueirido, David Rus, Guillermo Sensors (Basel) Article Concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs) are structural elements that, as a consequence of an incorrect elaboration, can exhibit internal defects that cannot be visualized, being usually air voids. In this work, the detection of internal damage in CFST samples elaborated with a percentage of contained air voids in concrete, was carried out by performing a complete ultrasound scan using an immersion tank. The analysis of the ultrasound signals shows the differences presented in the amplitude of the fundamental frequency of the signal, and in the Broadband Ultrasound Attenuation (BUA), in comparison with a sample without defects. The main contribution of this study is the application of the BUA technique in CFST samples for the location of air voids. The results present a linear relationship between BUA averages over the window of the CFSTs and the percentage of air voids contained (Pearson’s correlation coefficient r = 0.9873), the higher percentage of air voids, the higher values of BUA. The BUA algorithm could be applied effectively to distinguish areas with defects inside the CFSTs. Similar to the BUA results, the analysis in the frequency domain using the FFT and the STFT was sensitive in the detection of internal damage (Pearson’s correlation coefficient r = −0.9799, and r = −0.9672, respectively). The results establish an improvement in the evaluation of CFST elements for the detection of internal defects. MDPI 2022-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9227134/ /pubmed/35746181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22124400 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Callejas, Antonio Palma, Roberto Hernández-Figueirido, David Rus, Guillermo Damage Detection Using Ultrasonic Techniques in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) Columns |
title | Damage Detection Using Ultrasonic Techniques in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) Columns |
title_full | Damage Detection Using Ultrasonic Techniques in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) Columns |
title_fullStr | Damage Detection Using Ultrasonic Techniques in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) Columns |
title_full_unstemmed | Damage Detection Using Ultrasonic Techniques in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) Columns |
title_short | Damage Detection Using Ultrasonic Techniques in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes (CFSTs) Columns |
title_sort | damage detection using ultrasonic techniques in concrete-filled steel tubes (cfsts) columns |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9227134/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35746181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22124400 |
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