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Recommendations for Nondestructive Testing (NDT) of Concrete Components for Performance-Based Specifications

Project Details
STATE

GA

SOURCE

TRID

START DATE

08/20/20

END DATE

02/20/22

RESEARCHERS

Sarah Lamothe, Laurence J. Jacobs

SPONSORS

Georgia Department of Transportation

KEYWORDS

Concrete tests, Nondestructive tests (NDT), Performance based specifications, Physical properties, physics, Recommendations, Test procedures, Transportation departments, Validation

LINKS

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Project description

The proposed research will document the availability and the use of concrete nondestructive testing (NDT) tools by transportation agencies; study the critical concrete material properties and suitable acceptance criteria for performance-based concrete material specifications; understand the underlying physics and sensitivity of candidate NDT tools; and validate the most promising NDT tools. The objectives of the proposed research are to: (1) Document available concrete NDT tools and their use by transportation agencies; (2) Establish critical concrete material properties and suitable acceptance criteria for performance-based concrete material specifications; (3) Understand the underlying physics, reliability, and sensitivity of candidate NDT tools; and (4) Validate the most promising NDT tools to demonstrate overall effectiveness.
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