Publications
- Strength Presentation September 2023
- Section 1: Theoretical Analysis, Fracture Mechanism and Correlations
- Section 2: Rationale and testing cases, Standards.
- Section 3: Hardware, Testing Procedures and Instruments.
- Development of CAPO-TEST 1974
- ACI publication: CAPO-TEST to Estimate Concrete Strength in Bridges.
- In-Place Strength Without testing cores.
- Core Testing
- CAPO Procedure for shotcrete with testing example
- CAPO-TEST Video
- Publications
Literature:
- Hindo.K.R: “In-place Bond Testing and Surface Preparation of Concrete “, Concrete International, April 1990, Vol 12. No.4
- Petersen, C.G., Dahlblom, O. & Worters, P.: Bond-Test of Concrete and Overlays”, International Conference on NDT in Civil Engineering, Liverpool University, U.K., April 8-11th, 1997
- Li, S., Frantz G.C & Stephens, J.E.: “Application of pull off test to assess the durability of Bond between new and old concrete subjected to deicer salts”, SP 168-13, American Concrete Institute, Michigan, USA
- Petersen, C.G.: “Impact-echo testing for evaluating de-bonding of composite slabs prior to measuring the adhesion strength by pull-off in bonded areas”, In-Situ Testing A/S, Emdrupvej 102, DK-2400 Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct.28th, 1999
- Collins, B.A.: “Field Application of In-Situ Tensile Pull- off Tests”, Concrete Repair Bulletin, July/August 2004
- Yun, K.K et al: “In Situ Criteria of Pull-Off Test for Measuring the Bond Strength of Latex Modified Concrete Overlay”, TRB 2004 Annual Conf., Washington, U.S, January 2004
- Petersen, C.G. et al: “BOND-TEST Background Information” 2015
Acceptance Criteria ans Statistics:
- Bognacki, C.J., Pirozzi, M., Marsano, J. & Baumann, W: Rapid Chloride Permeability Testing’s Suitability for Use in Perofmance-Based Specifications, Concrete International, May 2010
- Cussigh, F., Bonnard, V .,Carde, C. & Houdusse, O.: RION ANTIRION BRIDGE PROJECTS-Concrete Durability Towards Corrosion Risk, CONSEC ’07 Tours, France
- Harikiopoulou, Papanikolas & Lykoudis: Concrete Durability towards corrosion risk – Protection strategy applied on the Rion-Antirion Bridge Project, CONSEC ’07 Tours, France
- Hassanian, M.: The New Sitra Bridges, Concrete International
- Nokken, M.R. &Hooton, R.D.: Electrical Conductivity Testing, Concrete International, Oct 2006
- Lane, S.L. Detwiler, R.J. & Hooton, R.D.: Testing Transport Properties in Concrete, Concrete International, Nov 2010
- Hooton, R.D. & Karkar, E.: Specifying Fluid Penetration Resistance of Concretes ICDC, 2012
- Nokken, M.R. & Hooton, R.D.: Develepment of Early-Age Impermeability in High-Performance Concretes, PCI Bridge Conference and PCI/FHWA International Symposium on High Performance Concrete, Orlando FL 19-22,2003
- Andrade, C., d’Andrea, R., Castillo, A. & Castellote, M.: The Use of Electrical Resistivity as NDT Method for Specification of the Durability of Reinforced Concrete, NDTCE’09, Nantes, France June 30th-July 3rd, 2009
- Kaasgaard, M., Pade, C, Jonsson, U & Munch-Petersen, C: Comparison of Durability Parameters of self-compacting concrete and conventional slump concrete designed for marine enviroment, Nordic Concrete Research, Nordic Concrete Federation 1/2013, Publication No. 47, Oslo, Norway, 2013
- Gjørv, O.E.: Durability Design and Quality Assurance of Concrete Infrastructures, Concrete International, Sept 2012
- Gjørv, O.E.: Durability Design of Concrete Structures in Severe Enviroments, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway 2011
- Gjørv, O.E.: Performance vs Prescriptive Durability Requirements, a Case Study, Norwegian University of Sience and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 2011
- Yazbeck & Wassim Mansour: Towards Performance Based Specifications, case Study on Construction Projects in Abu Dhabi, Readymix Abu Dhabi, 2012
- Chloride Penetration in Concrete. Short overview and available Systems, 2015
- Corrosion rates by various authors
- Klinghofer, O.: “In Situ Monitoring of Reinforcement Corrosion by means of Electrochemical Methods”, Nordic Concrete Research 95:1
- Elsener, B., Klinghofer, O., Frolund, T., Rislund, E., Schiegg, Y. & Bohni, H.: “Assessment of Reinforcement Corrosion by means of Galvanostatic Pulse Technique”, Proceedings, International Conference on Repair of Concrete Structures, Svolvær, Norway, 1997
- Frolund, T., Klinghofer, O. & Poulsen, E.: “Rebar Corrosion Rate Measurements for Service Life Estimates”, ACI Fall Convention 2000, Toronto, Canada
- Bassler, R., Burkert, A., Frolund, T. & Klinghofer, O.: “Usage of Portable Equipment for Determination of Corrosion Stage of Concrete Structures”, Proceedings, International Conference EUROCORR 2001, Riva del Garda, Italy
- Frolund, T., Jensen, F.M. & Bassler, R.: “Determination of Reinforcement Corrosion Rate by means of the Galvanostatic Pulse Technique”, First International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, IABMAS 2002, Barcelona, Spain
- Sorensen, H.E. & Frolund, T.: “Monitoring of Reinforcement Corrosion in Marine Concrete Structures by the Galvanostatic Pulse Method”, Proceedings, International Conference on Concrete in Marine Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 2002
- Frolund, T., Klinghofer, O. & Sorensen, H.E.: “Pro´s and Con´s of Half-Cell Potentials and Corrosion Rate Measurements”, Structural Faults and Repair-2003, Tenth International Conference, The Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
- Bassler, R., Burkert, A., Frolund, T. & Klinghofer, O.: “Usage of GPM-Portable Equipment for Determination of Corrosion Stage of Concrete Structures”, Corrosion 2003, Paper No. 03388, NACE International, Houston, Texas, USA
- Cark, A. I. – The influence of silica fume and curing temperature on water permeability of concrete
- Permeability of concrete: A study intended for the “In-Situ” valuation using portable instruments and traditional techniques
- Trezos, K. G.: WATER PERMEABILITY OF SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE
- Mohammadi, B. & Nokken, M.: Development of Concrete Water Absorption Testing for Quality Control
- KUUSJOKI BRIDGE (U-2306) Condition Assessment of Surface Structures by using NDT and DT Inspection Techniques, RAMBOLL FINLAND OY
- Onsite measurements of concrete structures using Impact-echo and Impulse Response
- DOCter Impact-Echo Testing cases
- DOCter Impact-Echo Testing for delaminations in marine anchor blocks, PPP
- DOCter Impact-Echo Testing of Steel Cable Ducts for voids, PPP
- Viking software version 6.0 & DOC-2000
- Viking 6.0 software instruction manual
- Literature list Impact-echo
- U.H. Jakobsen: “THE RAPIDAIR SYSTEM FOR AIR VOID ANALYSIS OF HARDENED CONCRETE – A ROUND ROBIN STUDY”.
- C. Pade, U. H. Jakobsen, and J. Elsen: “NEW AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING THE AIR VOID SYSTEM IN HARDENED CONCRETE”.
- T. D. Hanson: “Evaluation of the RapidAir 457 Air Void Analyzer by Iowa Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration”.
Chlorides in concrete, overview:
RCT and correlations:
- RCT Comparison
- Rapid Chloride Test, RCT-Metoden. In Danish
- Rapid Chloride Test, The RCT Method
- RCT Data summary of 14 correlations between RCT measurements and laboratory measurements (Volhadt Titrations, coulour titrations, ion cromatography and outo analysis)
- Reference Concrete Powders with known amount of chloride content
- Chloride attack of reinforced concrete: an overview
Chloride Profiles and Service Life:
- The Profile Grinder PF-1100, Mark II
- Threshold values of chloride concentration in concrete in different enviroment. In Danish
- Chloride Profiles, Analysis and Interpretation of Observations
- On a Model of chloride ingress in concrete having time dependant diffusion coefficient
- Chloride ingress into and lifetime of marine reinforced concrete structures
- Characteristic Value of initiation time with special referanceto marine RC structures
- Chloride Penetration in Concrete. Short overview and available Systems, 2015
Application examples of the RCT:
- Chloride exposure on Gimsoystraumen Bridge-results from extended condition survey
- Chloride penetration in marine enviroment
- Field measurement and experience of chloride induced of reinforcement in submerged structures
- Chloride corrosion in Danish Road-Bridge Columns
- Investigation of Popout and Scalling in Concrete Driveways
- Prediction of Service Life and Choice of Repair Strategy
- Testing Examples
s’MASH Impulse Response System:
- From theory to field experience with the non-destructive vibration testing of piles
- The nondestructive impulse response test in North America: 1985-2001
- Theoretical interpretation of impulse response test of embedded concrete structures
- Impact-Echo and Impulse Response Testing
- Nondestructive evaluation of prestressed concrete bridges using impulse response
- Verification of concrete placement in postensioned bridge box girders using a rapid nondestructive test method
- Nondestructive Testing Verifies Quality of Repair
- Rapid and economical evaluation of concrete tunnel linings with impulse response and impulse radar nondestructive methods
- Industrual floors on ground
- The economic benefit of impulse response testing
- High-tech testing, evaluation & repair of earthquake-damage concrete structures
- Working for keeps, Nondestructive testing helps owners restore historic bridges
- In-situ Quality of Structural Strengthening by Epoxy-Bonded CFRP-Strips
- Nondestructive evaluation of concrete problems in some large-volume structures
- Locating Concrete Consolidation Problems using the Nondestructive Impulse Response Test
- Testing of Pipelines with Impulse Response. In French
- KUUSJOKI BRIDGE (U-2306) Condition Assessment of Surface Structures by using NDT and DT Inspection Techniques, RAMBOLL FINLAND OY
- Repair monitoring using Impulse – Response method
- Slide show of the s’MASH, PPP
- Evaluation of Historic Reinforced Concrete Bridges
- Rapid non-destructive test method at the Taiwan High-Speed Rail project
- s’MASH Testing Cases
- s’MASH VIDEO demonstration
- Integrity, ACI Oct. 2010
- Inspection, evaluation and repair monitoring of cracked concrete floor using NDT methods
- s’MASH – Spanish.pdf
- Repair monitoring of cracked industrial floor with sMASH and DOCter
s’MASH Pile Testing System:
- Clausen. J.S., Nikolaos, Z. and Knudsen, A., “Onsite measurements of concrete structures using Impact echo and Impulse Response”
- Gassman, S.L. and Finno,R.J., “CUTOFF FREQUENCIES FOR IMPULSE RESPONSE TESTS OF EXISTING FOUNDATIONS”
- GORZELANCZYK, T., SADOWSKI, L. and SCHABOWICZ, K., “NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF THE CONCRETE PREFABRICATED PILE LENGTH USING IMPULSE RESPONSE sMASH”
- Hoegh, K., Khazanovich, L., Correlation Analysis of 2D Tomographic Images for Flaw Detection in Pavements. ASTM International. Journal of Testing and Evaluation. Volume 40. Issue 2. March 2012
- Hoegh, K., Khazanovich, L., Yu, H.T., CONCRETE PAVEMENT JOINT DIAGNOSTICS USING ULTRASONIC TOMOGRAPHY
- Hoegh K., Khazanovich L., Yu H.T. Ultrasonic Tomography Technique for Evaluation of Concrete Pavements. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2232, pp. 85-94. 2011
- Hoegh, K., Khazanovich, L., Maser, K., Tran, N., EVALUATION OF AN ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTING DELAMINATION IN ASPHALT PAVEMENTS
- INSPECTION OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE ROAD BRIDGES BY ULTRASOUND 3D TOMOGRAPHER SYSTEM, PPP
- MIRA Tomographer.pdf
- EyeCon.pdf
- Surfer.pdf
- NEW EXTENSION HANDLE FOR THE MIRA ANTENNA.pdf
- Evaluación de Integridad Estructural mediante Tomografía Tridimensional Utrasónica (MIRA). Parte 1
- Evaluación de Integridad Estructural mediante Tomografía Tridimensional Utrasónica (MIRA). Parte 2
- Testing of honeycombing in a Reinforced Concrete Slab using Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo (EYECON)
- Non-Destructive Testing of joints in precast element structures using DOCTER Impact-Echo and MIRA Ultrasonic-Echo Methods
- ASTM C 1698-09 Standard Test Method for Autogenous Strain of Cement Past and Mortar.
- Materials and Structures, 1995, 28, 406-409: O. Mejlhede Jensen & P. Freiesleben Hansen: A dilatometer for measuring autogenous deformation in hardening Portland cement paste.
- Materials and Structures, DOI 10.1617/s11527-006-9180-2: P. Lura & O. Mejlhede Jensen: Measuring techniques for autogenous strain of cement paste.
- Materials and Structures, Dec. 2003, 36, 661-665: T. Ostergaard & O. Mejlhede Jensen: A thermal comparator sensor for measuring autogenous deformation in hardening Portland cement paste.
- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Structural Engineering and Materials, June 1996: O. Mejlhede Jensen: Dilatometer – further development.
- Cement and Concrete Research, 2002, 32.6, pg 973-978, Jensen, O.M. & Hansen, P.F.: Water-entrained cement-based materials, II. Experimental observation.
- PCA R&D Serial No. 2925, 2005, Lura, P. & Jensen, O.M.: Volumetric Measurement in Water Bath – An Inappropriate Method to Measure Autogenous Strain of Cement Paste.