Non-destructive Testing and Sensing for Civil Infrastructures

CE 53600

Credit Hours

3

Instructor

Luna Lu

Learning Objectives

By successfully completing the course, students should be able to:

  • Be familiar with terminology and basic concepts of materials and structure failure mode, and failure mechanisms
  • Understand basic principles of various NDT techniques including stress wave, magnetic, electrical, radar and fiber optics-based methods
  • Be familiar with typical data acquisition and signal processing involved in NDT methods
  • Be familiar with equipment and testing procedures of common NDT methods used for civil infrastructure materials and structures
  • Understand working mechanisms of various infrastructure sensing and monitoring technologies, their applications and limitations
  • Be able to identify and apply appropriate NDT methods for materials and structural health monitoring and sensing
  • Be able to perform hands on testing and make decisions after data processing.
  • Be able to professionally report the NDT testing results in both oral and written format

Description

This course will introduce students to the field of non-destructive testing (NDT) and sensing techniques for understanding materials and structural integrity in civil infrastructure system. A special emphasis will be placed on NDT techniques for steel and concrete structures. The knowledge will be discussed including fundamental failure mechanism of civil materials and structure integrity, basic principles of data acquisition and signal processing, testing procedures of commonly used NDT methods for steel and concrete structures and advanced infrastructure sensing techniques, such as fiber optics, embedded sensor networks etc.  Various case studies will be discussed to help students understand and apply the knowledge to field inspection or monitoring of civil materials and structures.

Topics Covered

Fundamentals of Civil Materials & Structure Integrity; Basic Principles of Non-destructive Testing Methods; Non-destructive Testing Methods for Steel Structures; Non-destructive Testing Methods for Concrete Structures; Civil Infrastructure Sensing Techniques

Prerequisites

Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Materials or by the instructor’s consent

Web Address

https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/login

Web Content

Syllabus, grades, lecture notes, homework assignments, solutions and quizzes

Grading

This course will be graded based on the following criteria:

Assessment Type % of Final Grade
Homework 30%
Quizzes 20%
Lab Reports 30%
Final Presentation and Term Paper 20%

Textbooks

Official textbook information is now listed in the Schedule of Classes. NOTE: Textbook information is subject to be changed at any time at the discretion of the faculty member. If you have questions or concerns please contact the academic department.

No textbook is required, but reference books and resources are suggested as below:

  • Alten F. Grandt Jr, Fundamentals of Structural Integrity, Damage Tolerant Design and Nondestructive Evaluation, Wiley Publishing, 2004
  • D. Huston, Strucucture Sensing, Health Monitoring and Performance Evaluation, Tylor & Francis, 2010.
  • R. Ratay, Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2009
  • Non-destructive Testing Methods for Evaluation of Concrete in Structures, ACI 228.2R-98. American Concrete Institute.
  • Guide for Evaluation of Concrete Structure Before Rehabilitation, ACI 364.1 R-07, American Concrete Institute.
  • Diagnosis of Deterioration in Concrete Structures. Concrete Society Technical Report No. 54, The Concrete Society, 2000.
  • Martinček, Dynamics of Pavement Structures. CRC Press, 1994