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Computers and Concrete Volume 15, Number 3, March 2015 , pages 473-484 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2015.15.3.473 |
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Determination of concrete quality with destructive and non-destructive methods |
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Hakan Kibar and Turgut Öztürk
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| Abstract | ||
| In this study, the availability of Schmidt hammer has been investigated as a reliable method to determine the quality of concrete in irrigation networks. For this purpose, the 28-day compressive strength of concrete material used in the construction irrigation channel of Bafra lowland, which is one of the most fertile plains in Turkey was examined by means of concrete compression and as well as concrete Schmidt hammer in laboratory conditions. This study was carried out on cylindrical samples to represent the everyday concrete party (150 m3) produced by contractor firm as 3 replications. The statistical analysis of experimental data showed that the correlations between the values of 28-day compressive strength of Schmidt hammer and the rebound number was found to be 0.98. Differences of the compressive strength between compression testing and Schmidt hammer were statistically significant at P<0.01. In this context, it was found that the reliability of compressive strength of the concrete compression test are excellent, also the reliability of compressive strength of Schmidt hammer are fair in assessing the quality of concrete irrigation channels. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| Irrigation channel; compressive strength; impact rebound hammer (IRH); non-destructive testing (NDT) | ||
| Address | ||
| Hakan Kibar: Department of Seed Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey Turgut Öztürk: Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey | ||