Sonic Impact Method - a new technique for characterization of stone masonry walls

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Luís Filipe Miranda (Author) FEUP; João Rio (Author) FEUP; João Miranda Guedes (Author) FEUP; Aníbal Costa (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Construction and Building Materials

Vol. 36

Pages: 27-35

ISSN: 0950-0618

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Structural engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-41M

DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.04.018

Abstract (EN): Granite stone masonry wall panels were studied using an acoustic Indirect Sonic Impact Method, ISIM. The test campaign included direct and indirect wave travel path together with sonic and ultrasonic wave frequencies to determine the deformation modulus of both individual stones as well as of wall panels. Using the ISIM technique it was possible to obtain two types of wave velocities, P and R, which in turn enabled a cross-validation of the deformation modulus estimation. Results from mechanical compression tests on the wall panels were also used and compared with the ISIM results.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9