Non-Destructive Testing and Sensing for Civil Infrastructures

CE53600

Credit Hours:

3

Learning Objective:

  • Be familiar with terminology and basic concepts of materials and structure failure mode, and failure mechanism
  • 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 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. Hands-on lab will be provided to students enrolled in the course including common NDT methods and associated data processing.

Upon completion, students are expected to understand the fundamental theory and principles of major NDT techniques and their associated equipment and applications. Students should be able to identify appropriate NDT technique for various civil engineering materials and structure testing. 

Syllabus

 

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 Sturctures
  • Civil Infrastructure Sensing Techniques

 

Prerequisites:

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

Web Address:

https://purdue.brightspace.com

 

Homework:

Homework throughout semester 30% of Final Grade

Lab reports: Hands on lab for various type of NDT methods. 30% of Final Grade

 

Projects:

Project related to course topic will be required. 20% of Final Grade

 

Exams:

Quizzes will be performed weekly to test the student's understanding of the class content. 20% of Final Grade

 

Textbooks:

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, Structure 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, ACE 364.1 R-07, American Concrete Institute
  • Diagnosis of Deterioration in Concrete Structures. Concrete Society Technical Report No. 54, The Concrete Society, 2000
  • Martincek, Dynamics of Pavement Structures, CRC Press, 1994