Nondestructive Testing, 6. Nondestructive Testing in Civil Engineering

Herbert Wiggenhauser

Herbert Wiggenhauser

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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Rosemarie Helmerich

Rosemarie Helmerich

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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Alexander Taffe

Alexander Taffe

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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Martin Krause

Martin Krause

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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Thomas Kind

Thomas Kind

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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Wai-Lok Lai

Wai-Lok Lai

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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Horst Scheel

Horst Scheel

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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Gerd Wilsch

Gerd Wilsch

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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Ernst Niederleithinger

Ernst Niederleithinger

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany

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First published: 15 October 2011

Abstract

The article contains sections titled:

1.

Introduction

2.

Testing Requirements in Civil Engineering

3.

Validation

3.1.

Validation Process

3.2.

Handheld Test Methods

4.

Ultrasonic Pulse Echo

4.1.

Ultrasonic Echo Testing (UPE) of Concrete Elements

4.2.

Performance

4.3.

Spatial Resolution

4.4.

Tendon Duct Investigations

4.5.

Practical Application

5.

Impact Echo

6.

Radar in Civil Engineering

7.

Corrosion Detection

7.1.

Ground-Penetrating Radar

7.2.

Acoustic Emission (AE)

8.

Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL)

9.

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

10.

Foundation Testing

10.1.

Low-Strain Pile Integrity Testing (PIT)

10.2.

Cross-Hole Sonic Logging (CSL)

10.3.

Parallel Seismics

10.4.

High-Strain Dynamic Testing

11.

Geophysical Methods

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