Nondestructive evaluation of concrete compression strength by means of Artificial Neural Network (ANN)


Autoria(s): Bonagura, Mario
Contribuinte(s)

Nobile, Lucio

Data(s)

01/06/2012

Resumo

The evaluation of structural performance of existing concrete buildings, built according to standards and materials quite different to those available today, requires procedures and methods able to cover lack of data about mechanical material properties and reinforcement detailing. To this end detailed inspections and test on materials are required. As a consequence tests on drilled cores are required; on the other end, it is stated that non-destructive testing (NDT) cannot be used as the only mean to get structural information, but can be used in conjunction with destructive testing (DT) by a representative correlation between DT and NDT. The aim of this study is to verify the accuracy of some formulas of correlation available in literature between measured parameters, i.e. rebound index, ultrasonic pulse velocity and compressive strength (SonReb Method). To this end a relevant number of DT and NDT tests has been performed on many school buildings located in Cesena (Italy). The above relationships have been assessed on site correlating NDT results to strength of core drilled in adjacent locations. Nevertheless, concrete compressive strength assessed by means of NDT methods and evaluated with correlation formulas has the advantage of being able to be implemented and used for future applications in a much more simple way than other methods, even if its accuracy is strictly limited to the analysis of concretes having the same characteristics as those used for their calibration. This limitation warranted a search for a different evaluation method for the non-destructive parameters obtained on site. To this aim, the methodology of neural identification of compressive strength is presented. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) suitable for the specific analysis were chosen taking into account the development presented in the literature in this field. The networks were trained and tested in order to detect a more reliable strength identification methodology.

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http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4880/1/bonagura_mario_tesi.pdf

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Bonagura, Mario (2012) Nondestructive evaluation of concrete compression strength by means of Artificial Neural Network (ANN), [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria strutturale ed idraulica <http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/view/dottorati/DOT414/>, 24 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4880.

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

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http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4880/

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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Palavras-Chave #ICAR/08 Scienza delle costruzioni
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Tesi di dottorato

NonPeerReviewed