DEVELOPING STRENGTH CHART OF SATURATED CONCRETE BY USING SEISMIC P AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES IN LABORATORY

Abstract:

Determining of concrete strength can be used by destructive or non-destructive methods. Concrete strength is determined with uniaxial compressive test as destructive in laboratory and with Seismic Ultrasonic P- (Compressional) and S-wave (Shear) measurements as non-destructive in-situ or laboratory. In this study, strength of saturated concrete is investigated by using seismic P and S-wave velocities. For this, concrete samples were formed with using the cube samples in size 15x15x15cm. Different strength designs were made for obtain different strengths in these samples. The aim is to create concrete strengths of between the lowest 5MPa and the highest 100 MPa. After the end of the curing time of created the cube concrete samples Seismic P and S waves measurements were made in the laboratory by Ultrasonic test equipment. Hence, P and S wave velocities of the sample were calculated. After these, for determine the strength of the samples uniaxial compression strength test was performed. As a result, P and S wave velocities and concrete strength values of concrete samples were obtained. By correlating these values over %90 exponential relationships were determined. By using this relationship, concrete strength can be determined sensitively from P and S wave velocities. In addition, by using P and S wave velocities elastic parameters values and Poisson's ratio of concrete specimens can be calculated.

Keywords: Concrete, Strength, Compressional and Shear-wave velocities, Empirical Relationship