A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning

Concrete structures are routinely monitored to detect changes in their characteristics in the field of engineering surveying and other disciplines such as structural and civil engineering. There is growing demand for the development of reliable Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques for concrete s...

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Main Authors: Mukupa, Wallace, Roberts, Gethin Wyn, Hancock, Craig M., Al-Manasir, Khalil
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Published: Springer 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38452/
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author Mukupa, Wallace
Roberts, Gethin Wyn
Hancock, Craig M.
Al-Manasir, Khalil
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Roberts, Gethin Wyn
Hancock, Craig M.
Al-Manasir, Khalil
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description Concrete structures are routinely monitored to detect changes in their characteristics in the field of engineering surveying and other disciplines such as structural and civil engineering. There is growing demand for the development of reliable Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques for concrete structures in the assessment of the deteriorating condition of infrastructures or in an event of fire-damaged structures. In this paper, the feasibility of using Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) technology for change detection and assessment of fire-damaged concrete has been investigated through measurements and analysis of laboratory size concrete specimens that underwent heating up to 1000°C. The TLS technique employed in detecting fire-damaged concrete involved modelling and analysis of the TLS intensity returns as well as RGB image analysis. The results obtained clearly demonstrate the feasibility of using TLS to detect fire-damaged concrete. Although the laser scanners used in the study have different wavelengths, the results obtained in both cases are promising for a detection technique of fire-damaged concrete structures.
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spelling nottingham-384522020-05-04T18:08:54Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38452/ A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning Mukupa, Wallace Roberts, Gethin Wyn Hancock, Craig M. Al-Manasir, Khalil Concrete structures are routinely monitored to detect changes in their characteristics in the field of engineering surveying and other disciplines such as structural and civil engineering. There is growing demand for the development of reliable Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques for concrete structures in the assessment of the deteriorating condition of infrastructures or in an event of fire-damaged structures. In this paper, the feasibility of using Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) technology for change detection and assessment of fire-damaged concrete has been investigated through measurements and analysis of laboratory size concrete specimens that underwent heating up to 1000°C. The TLS technique employed in detecting fire-damaged concrete involved modelling and analysis of the TLS intensity returns as well as RGB image analysis. The results obtained clearly demonstrate the feasibility of using TLS to detect fire-damaged concrete. Although the laser scanners used in the study have different wavelengths, the results obtained in both cases are promising for a detection technique of fire-damaged concrete structures. Springer 2016-09-30 Article PeerReviewed Mukupa, Wallace, Roberts, Gethin Wyn, Hancock, Craig M. and Al-Manasir, Khalil (2016) A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning. Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 6 (4). pp. 665-679. ISSN 2190-5452 Terrestrial laser scanning Fire-damaged concrete Assessment Change detection http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13349-016-0188-1 doi:10.1007/s13349-016-0188-1 doi:10.1007/s13349-016-0188-1
spellingShingle Terrestrial laser scanning
Fire-damaged concrete
Assessment
Change detection
Mukupa, Wallace
Roberts, Gethin Wyn
Hancock, Craig M.
Al-Manasir, Khalil
A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning
title A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning
title_full A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning
title_fullStr A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning
title_full_unstemmed A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning
title_short A non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning
title_sort non-destructive technique for health assessment of fire-damaged concrete elements using terrestrial laser scanning
topic Terrestrial laser scanning
Fire-damaged concrete
Assessment
Change detection
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38452/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38452/