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Comparison of different sensors used in the assessment of concrete elements by the Impact-Echo method

PUCHÝŘ, J. DVOŘÁK, R. HUBÁČEK, A. CHOBOLA, Z.

Original Title

Comparison of different sensors used in the assessment of concrete elements by the Impact-Echo method

Type

article in a collection out of WoS and Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

Testing methods used for assessment of buildings considered as a cultural heritage are focused mainly on non-destructive testing methods. Old buildings are usually sensitive to destructive in-situ testing, and a variety of non-destructive techniques (NDT) are frequently used [1; 2]. One of the most often used sensors are accelerometers, which can measure vibrations of different part of structures. These can be used in either continuous monitoring or in short-time assessment. ImpactEcho is a well-known method which can locate defects, caverns, or damaged parts not only in industry-level structures, but also in preservation of cultural heritage [3]. This type of measurement requires attaching a sensor to the surface of the observed element. This is in most cases done by adhesives which can damage the more porous structures. In this paper a comparison of two different sensor types in testing of reference concrete elements is presented: contact piezoceramic accelerometer; non-contact MEMS type microphone. Signals recorded by each sensor type are assessed by the statistical method of feature extraction.

Keywords

Structural assessment, Impact-echo, Non-destructive testing, Microphone, Piezoceramics

Authors

PUCHÝŘ, J.; DVOŘÁK, R.; HUBÁČEK, A.; CHOBOLA, Z.

Released

11. 11. 2021

Publisher

ČVUT

Location

Praha

ISBN

978-80-908408-0-5

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT175937,
  author="Jan {Puchýř} and Richard {Dvořák} and Adam {Hubáček} and Zdeněk {Chobola}",
  title="Comparison of different sensors used in the assessment of concrete 
elements by the Impact-Echo method",
  year="2021",
  pages="6",
  publisher="ČVUT",
  address="Praha",
  isbn="978-80-908408-0-5"
}