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Concrete floors should be diagnosed in order to obtain the proper durability. Non-destructive testing (NDT) methods, which have numerous advantages and are very effective for in situ testing, are recommended for this purpose. Non-Destructive Diagnostics of Concrete Floors: Methods and Case Studies offers useful NDT methods, test methodologies, and case studies. This book contains classifications of NDT methods, examines their areas of usefulness in floor diagnostics, and explains the complementarity and reliability of NDT methods as well as the need to calibrate research equipment. It presents interesting case studies of concrete floors, such as dowelled floors, floors with a top layer made of stone slabs, industrial floors, industrial floors with a top layer of polyurethane-cement, layered floors, post-tensioned floors, and cement screeds. The authors have drawn on many years of experience in both academia and the practical diagnosis of concrete floors using NDT methods.
List of contents
1. Introduction 2. The problem of the degradation of concrete floors 3. Introduction to the diagnostics of floors 4. The classification of non-destructive and semi-destructive methods and their usefulness in floor diagnostics 5. Guide for using different non-destructive and semi-destructive methods in floor diagnostics 6. The reliability of using non-destructive methods in floor diagnostics 7. The calibration and scaling of test equipment 8. The diagnosis of dowelled concrete floors 9. Diagnostics of concrete floors with a top layer of stone slabs 10. Diagnostics of concrete industrial floors 11. Diagnostics of concrete industrial floors with a polyurethane-cement top layer 12. The diagnostics of cement screeds 13. The diagnostics of layered concrete floors and the assessment of the bonding of layers 14. The diagnostics of post-tensioned concrete floors 15. Conclusion
About the author
¿ukasz Sadowski is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Wroclaw University of Science Technology, Poland.
Professor Jerzy Höa is an employee and former dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland.
Summary
The diagnostics of concrete floors requires the use of non-destructive methods. This explains which method to use when, how to handle equipment; and presents case studies. It identifies the limitations of particular methods and errors and common mistakes, and explains the idea of complementarity of non-destructive testing.
