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Cross-Hole Ultrasonic
Monitor
Integrity testing of concrete by ultrasonic "Cross-Hole Sonic Logging"
Sonic or transmission testing is a fre-
quently used test procedure to verify
the integrity of concrete in piles and
diaphragm walls.
Measuring Principle
Vertical access tubes attached to the
reinforcement cage are inserted into a
pile or trench. The actual spacing
between the tubes must be known and
can be up to five metres.
The signal travel time is directly propor- Belgium, Eupen: Cross-Hole Ultrasonic Logging being carried out by Bauer Spezialtiefbau
tional to the distance between transmit-
ter and receiver probes and, thus, the a reduction in the quality of the con-
spacing of the access tubes. The signal crete.
travel time is also inversely proportion-
al to the speed of propagation of the The "softer" the concrete, the lower is
sonic signal in concrete. the sonic energy arriving at the receiv-
er. This sonic energy or signal strength
The speed of signal propagation is pri- is also recorded concurrently with the
marily dependent on the shear modu- signal travel time.
lus of the concrete and thus on the
quality of the concrete. A similar relationship applies to damp-
ening or impedance of the sonic signal.
For two parallel access tubes an Standards regulating the test proce- Cross-Hole Ultrasonic Monitor (CHUM) unit set
increase in signal travel time indicates dure and the evaluation of test results up on site (www.Piletest.com)
are not currently available in Germany.
We have, therefore, adopted the rele-
vant French Standard (NF P 94-160-1,
"Auscultation d'un lement de fonda-
tion").
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BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH D-86529 Schrobenhausen Germany Tel. +49 8252 97-0 Fax +49 8252 97-1359 905.160.2 08/2009