• DOI:10.1080/02533839.1997.9741875
• Corpus ID: 121761190

ESTIMATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE STRENGTH BY PULSE VELOCITY

@article{Lin1997ESTIMATIONOH,
  title={ESTIMATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE STRENGTH BY PULSE VELOCITY},
  author={YiChing Lin and Hung Changfan and Chiamen Hsiao},
  journal={Journal of The Chinese Institute of Engineers},
  year={1997},
  volume={20},
  pages={661-668}
}

• YiChing Lin, Hung Changfan, Chiamen Hsiao
• Published 1 November 1997
• Engineering, Materials Science
• Journal of The Chinese Institute of Engineers

ABSTRACT Experimental studies were carried out to establish the correlation relationship between compressive strength and pulse velocity for high performance concrete and, further, to evaluate the feasibility of using the pulse velocity to estimate compressive strength. Cylinders (100×200 mm) made of high performance concrete with seven mixture proportions having variations in water/binder ratio and aggregate content were used as specimens in the studies. The influence of changing the curing temperature (10°, 23°, and 40°C) on the strength-velocity relationship was also investigated. Finally, 160 cylinders from another 45 various mixtures were used to evaluate the variability of the strength-velocity relationship. Results obtained from these studies show that the velocity increases within the first day much more rapidly than strength. A normalized comparison of strength development with pulse velocity development shows that monitoring the development of pluse velocity would be a good indicator of the deve...