ACOUSTOELASTIC EFFECTS ON THE NATURAL FREQUENCIES OF PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS

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Pre-stressed concrete is used to increase the load capacity in many civil engineering structures. There is a need for non-destructive methods to estimate the potential loss of pre-stress in these structures. In this study we investigate the acoustoelastic effect on the natural resonance frequencies of a pre-stressed concrete beam. Measured resonant frequencies increase with increasing compressive stress. Results agree with predicted frequency shifts obtained from a non-linear finite element model based on Murnaghan's third order elastic theory.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReview of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (AIP Conference Proceedings)
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics (AIP)
Pages1379-1385
Volume1335
ISBN (Print)978-0-7354-0888-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event37th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE) - San Diego
Duration: 2010 Jul 182010 Jul 23

Publication series

Name
Volume1335

Conference

Conference37th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE)
Period2010/07/182010/07/23

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Building Technologies

Free keywords

  • finite element analysis
  • concrete
  • creep
  • wave propagation

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