FIELD SONISCOPE TESTS OF CONCRETE: 1953-1957 TESTS.
Abstract
In 1957 pulse velocities were determined by soniscope testing at 160 stations in four dams, a lock, and in specimens at a field exposure station. The data obtained are to be used as a basis for evaluating subsequent changes in the concrete at the test locations and to aid in long-range evaluation of the significance of data obtained from soniscopic examination of concrete structures. The 1957 data were compared with similar data obtained in 1953 and 1955. Changes in the concrete measurable by pulse velocity have been minor at all but four stations, and permit no conclusions concerning the general trend of the concrete to increase or decrease significantly in quality. At four stations in the lock, pulse velocity increased by a significant amount; this is assumed to result from a filling up to the cracks in the concrete with an alkali-aggregate reaction product. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1958
- Accession Number
- AD0687369
Entities
People
- E. C. Roshore