Debonding detection in CFRP-retrofitted reinforced concrete structures using nonlinear Rayleigh waveMechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2018; 125:245-256 After the embargo period • via non-commercial hosting platforms such as their institutional repository • via commercial sites with which Elsevier has an agreement
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AbstractThis paper proposed to use nonlinear Rayleigh wave to inspect debonding in carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) retrofitted reinforced concrete structures. The proposed method requires a network of transducers that are used to sequentially scan the CFRP-retrofitted reinforced concrete structures by transmitting and receiving Rayleigh wave. The nonlinear feature used for the debonding detection is second harmonic generation due to the interaction of Rayleigh wave at the debonding between the CFRP and concrete interfaces. A damage image reconstruction algorithm is proposed to provide a graphical representation for detecting and locating the debonding in the CFRP-retrofitted reinforced concrete structures. In this study, experimental case studies are used to demonstrate the performance of the proposed debonding detection technique. A transducer network with four piezoelectric transducers is used to actuate Rayleigh wave and measure the second harmonic wave in the experiments. The results show that the proposed debonding detection technique is reliable in detecting and locating the debonding in the CFRP-retrofitted reinforced concrete structures.