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The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent

Author and affiliation details
  • Vassilios Saltas Corresponding author Laboratory of Geophysics and Seismology – UNESCO Chair in Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece ORCID iD0000-0003-4958-2876 vsaltas@chania.teicrete.gr
  • Despoina Peraki Laboratory of Geophysics and Seismology – UNESCO Chair in Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
  • Filippos Vallianatos Laboratory of Geophysics and Seismology – UNESCO Chair in Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Dept of Geophysics–Geothermics, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42
Pages
505-516
Published
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Abstract

Soundless chemical demolition agents (SCDAs) have been used during the last decades in the demolition of boulders and concrete structures as well as in open-surface and sub-surface rock excavation, as an alternative to the use of explosives posing safety risks. However, the knowledge of the governing fracture mechanisms in brittle materials is rather limited. In the present work, we thoroughly investigate the use of the acoustic emission technique to study the SCDA-induced fracture process in concrete blocks. Energy-related features and waveform parameters of the recorded AE activity are correlated to the fracture mode of the concrete where a quasi-static behavior is observed. Monitoring of the progressive fracture is also achieved by the 3D localization of the AE sources. The distribution of the inter-event times of the recorded hits is further analyzed in the context of non-extensive statistical physics.

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APA

Saltas, V., Peraki, D., & Vallianatos, F. (2019). The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 13(50), 505–516. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42

IEEE

V. Saltas, D. Peraki, and F. Vallianatos, “The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 13, no. 50, pp. 505–516, 2019, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42.

MLA

Saltas, Vassilios, et al. “The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 13, no. 50, 2019, pp. 505–516. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42.

Chicago

Saltas, Vassilios, Despoina Peraki, and Filippos Vallianatos. 2019. “The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 13 (50): 505–516. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42.

Harvard

Saltas, V., Peraki, D. and Vallianatos, F. (2019) ‘The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 13(50), pp. 505–516. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42.

Vancouver

Saltas V, Peraki D, Vallianatos F. The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2019;13(50):505-516. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42

BibTeX

@article{saltas2019, author = {Saltas, Vassilios and Peraki, Despoina and Vallianatos, Filippos}, title = {The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2019}, volume = {13}, number = {50}, pages = {505--516}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Saltas, Vassilios AU - Peraki, Despoina AU - Vallianatos, Filippos TI - The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2019 DA - 2019/09/02 VL - 13 IS - 50 SP - 505 EP - 516 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.42 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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