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Non-destructive Testing of a Post-tensioned Concrete Road Bridge in Norway
The Herøysunds bridge on the west-coast in Nordland Fylke in Norway had undergone concrete repair works with focus on reinforcement corrosion. During these actions, it was discovered that the tendon ducts had loss of injection.
To ensure the safety of the bridge it was decided to map voids and defects in the ducts. Several risk areas were pointed out by the contractor and a non-destructive test (NDT) was carried out. The scope of the NDT inspection was to determine voids in the cable ducts at the areas which had been pointed out by the designer. In the project we followed a strict procedure. Based on this we used a combination of different methods such as GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar), UPE (Ultra Pulse Echo) and IE (Impact Echo). It should be mentioned that considerable experience is needed when these methods are combined to investigate voids and defects in tendon ducts. In addition, it is difficult to determine the degree of grouting in the duct and the NDT methods often need to be combined with partly destructive testing, i.e. a hole needs to be drilled into the duct and closer investigation with for example endoscope might be needed. The results from the NDT investigate shows that the suggested approach was successful and it was possible with high accuracy to detect voids in the ducts. The methodology forms a basis for the procedure recommended by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
Non-destructive Testing of a Post-tensioned Concrete Road Bridge in Norway
The Herøysunds bridge on the west-coast in Nordland Fylke in Norway had undergone concrete repair works with focus on reinforcement corrosion. During these actions, it was discovered that the tendon ducts had loss of injection.
To ensure the safety of the bridge it was decided to map voids and defects in the ducts. Several risk areas were pointed out by the contractor and a non-destructive test (NDT) was carried out. The scope of the NDT inspection was to determine voids in the cable ducts at the areas which had been pointed out by the designer. In the project we followed a strict procedure. Based on this we used a combination of different methods such as GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar), UPE (Ultra Pulse Echo) and IE (Impact Echo). It should be mentioned that considerable experience is needed when these methods are combined to investigate voids and defects in tendon ducts. In addition, it is difficult to determine the degree of grouting in the duct and the NDT methods often need to be combined with partly destructive testing, i.e. a hole needs to be drilled into the duct and closer investigation with for example endoscope might be needed. The results from the NDT investigate shows that the suggested approach was successful and it was possible with high accuracy to detect voids in the ducts. The methodology forms a basis for the procedure recommended by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
Non-destructive Testing of a Post-tensioned Concrete Road Bridge in Norway
RILEM Bookseries
Beushausen, Hans (editor) / Ndawula, Joanitta (editor) / Alexander, Mark (editor) / Dehn, Frank (editor) / Moyo, Pilate (editor) / Täljsten, Björn (author) / Popescu, Cosmin (author) / Holmqvist, Mats (author)
International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting ; 2024 ; Cape Town, South Africa
2024-11-01
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Concrete , Bridge , Post tensioned , NDT , GPR , UPE , IE Engineering , Building Materials , Structural Materials , Sustainable Development
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