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Anisotropy and compaction gradient assessment on rammed earth specimens through sonic tomography approach
Abstract
Rammed earth is a traditional construction technique that has recently gained attention because of its benefits from an ecological perspective. The conservation of the existing valuable cultural heritage sites and the quality control of new constructions built with this material require the development and application of practical inspection techniques. This paper explores the application of sonic tests and sonic tomography as practical tools for monitoring the state of conservation of existing structures and the identification of heterogeneities or damaged areas. Two groups of 6 rammed earth specimens were manufactured and tested. The manufacturing process of each group allowed the application of compression loads and the identification of the Sonic Wave Propagation Velocities along directions parallel and perpendicular to the compaction forces during manufacturing. The SWPV were identified for the different paths between 9 measuring points located at two opposite sides of the specimens, leading to up to 6 different planes for each specimen. The SWPV are identified by identifying the Time-of-Flight of the elastic wave between each pair of excitation and receiver points. A discretized coloured map of the SWPV distribution for each plane defined by the measurement points array is obtained by the application of an algorithm already developed by the authors to obtain tomographic images for other materials and applications. The SWPV are identified after 2 different increasing values of a uniform compressive load is applied to each specimen. The results show that the analysis of the SWPV and tomographic images is sensitive to heterogeneities, such as compaction gradients from the manufacturing process, and also to the accumulated damage in the solid. The paper demonstrates that the proposed technique can be potentially used for a qualitative inspection of the state of conservation of specific rammed earth constructions.
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José Daniel Rodríguez-Mariscal (formerly: J.d. Rodríguez-Mariscal)
- University of Sevilla
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M. Solís
- University of Sevilla
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.118058
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- Articles
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- artykuły w czasopismach
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ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
no. 309,
ISSN: 0141-0296 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2024
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- Rodríguez-Mariscal J., Zielińska M., Rucka M., Solís M.: Anisotropy and compaction gradient assessment on rammed earth specimens through sonic tomography approach// ENGINEERING STRUCTURES -Vol. 309, (2024), s.118058-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.118058
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- Free publication
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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