Feasability of Ultrasonic Measurement of Concrete Strength During Curing

About the Researchers

Surendra Shah (principal investigator), Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil Engineering & Director, Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials
K.V. Subramaniam, Assistant Professor at New York College
Y. Akkaya, Post-doctoral fellow
J.P. Mohsen, University of Louisville

Project Description(s)

Progress Report (November 2000)
Center for Advanced Based Cement Materials (Web site)
A four-page, ACBM summary featuring the WRF technique was prepared and distributed at the CERF (Civil Engineering Research Foundation) Symposium 2000, recently held in Washington, D.C.; and the Strategic Development Council of the American Concrete Institute, which met in Atlanta in November 2000. This handout will be used at subsequent technical meetings to promote this work.
The WRF development work was the feature article in ACBM's fall edition of Cementing the Future, a newsletter that is distributed to over 4000 industrial and academic personnel in the cement and concrete industries.
Professor J.P. Mohsen will present a paper on the WRF technique at the January 2001 meeting of the TRB (Transportation Research Board) in Washington, D.C.
RILEM (Reunion International des Laboratoires d'Essais et de recherche sur les Materiaux et les Constructions) has started a new committee: "Early Age NDE of Concrete". Professor Shah serves as a member of that committee.

Full-text Articles, Presentations or Reports about the Project (most recent listed first)

November, 2000	Determining Early Stiffening and Strength Gain by Non-Destructive Techniques for Early Serviceability of Structures, ACBM Semi-Annual Program Review Meeting, November 2000, Springfield, Illinois.	K. V. Subramaniam, Surendra Shah
November, 2000	Feasibility Study for Commercialization of a Non-destructive, Ultra-sonic Technique for Monitoring the Setting and Hardening of Concrete (available only to ITI community - password required)		HTML