Abstract:
This paper presents a study on the feasibility of new nondestructive testing technology for steel reinforced ECC structures. We apply Electrical Conductivity Tomography (ECT) for two reinforced concrete circular plates, with model 1 being the embedded single steel in the center, and the model 2 being with two steels in the center and right side respectively. In this work, the main focus is on investigating the capability of ECT for steel location and image quality by use of four evaluation criteria: amplitude total over image, position error target to blob center, shape deformation match blob to equal area circle and amplitude of inverted image area. Newton's one-step error reconstruction (NOSER) and Total variation primal dual-interior point method (TV-PDIPM) were used to simulate the reconstruction images. The results indicate that ECT can be a feasible modality for nondestructive evaluation of steel reinforced ECC structures. NOSER and TV-PDIPM can both present the location, shape of embedded objects effectively, and the latter can get more accurate information in total. The study provides a reference for nondestructive testing technology of reinforced concrete structures.