Accelerated Determination of Alkali-Silica Reaction Susceptibility During Concrete Prism Testing Through Nonlinear Resonance Ultrasonic Spectroscopy

The objective of this study is to develop a reliable rapid Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) technique for assessing and quantifying the alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) in aggregate and aggregate/paste combinations. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) C1293 test method is accurate, but it takes one to two years to complete. On the other hand, ASTM C 1260 is an accelerated laboratory test method, but its accuracy to predict field performance is not good.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Surface Transportation Research, Infrastructure Management Team

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $321000
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
  Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Project Managers:

  Virmani, Paul

• Performing Organizations:

  Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta

  225 North Avenue, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0800
• Principal Investigators:

  Jacobs, Larry

• Start Date: 20090731
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20121031

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Alkali silica reactions; Concrete tests; Nondestructive tests; Pastes; Resonance; Spectroscopy
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01573235
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 17 2015 2:46PM