Kaiser effect observation in reinforced concrete structures and its use for damage assessment

Sagar, Vidya R and Prasad, Raghu BK and Singh, RK (2015) Kaiser effect observation in reinforced concrete structures and its use for damage assessment. In: ARCHIVES OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 15 (2). pp. 548-557.

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Abstract

Reinforced concrete (RC) beams of span 3 m were tested under incremental cyclic load at different loading rates and simultaneously during the fracture process in the RC beams acoustic emissions (AE) were recorded. An attempt has been made to study the Kaiser effect as a measure of damage in RC beams. It was observed that RC beams made with high strength concrete under incremental cyclic loading showed an obvious Kaiser effect before the failure load. The results may be useful to study the damage in concrete structures and provide a reference for the application of Kaiser effect in engineering practice. (C) 2014 Politechnika Wroclawska. Published by Elsevier Urban & Partner Sp. z.o.o. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	ARCHIVES OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Publisher:	ELSEVIER URBAN & PARTNER SP. Z O O
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ELSEVIER URBAN & PARTNER SP. Z O O, UL KOSCIUSZKI 29, WROCLAW, 50-011, POLAND
Keywords:	Kaiser effect; Concrete; Acoustic emission; Fracture; Damage assessment
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2015 06:59
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2015 06:59
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51309

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