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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.148</doi>
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<article-title>NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDIES FOR<br/>
THERMOGRAPHIC INSPECTION IN CONCRETE</article-title>
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<author>RILYA RUMBAYAN<sup>1</sup> and GLENN WASHER<sup>2</sup></author>

<aff><sup>1</sup>Dept of Civil Engineering, Manado State Polytechnic, Manado, Indonesia<br/>
<sup>2</sup>Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA</aff>


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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>Thermographic imaging technique provides a practical tool for the detection of
subsurface delaminations in concrete from a distance without direct access to the
surface. In the previous study, a numerical model to predict the thermal contrasts
resulting from subsurface voids (i.e., delaminations) in concrete under a given set of
environmental conditions was developed using the finite element method. The model
was verified using the experimental test data, and the results indicated that the model
could be an effective tool to support the thermography inspection of the concrete. In
this present study, the use of the verified model to evaluate the effects of other key
parameters expected to influence the detectability of the subsurface voids, such as the
depth and thickness of a subsurface delamination. The effect of these parameters on
the thermal contrast developed on the surface above a subsurface delamination was
assessed under a specific set of environmental conditions. The results shown that the
maximum thermal contrast decreased exponential by a constant multiple of 0.98 as the
void depth increased and the maximum thermal contrast increased nonlinearly with
increasing thickness of the void.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Delaminations, Subsurface voids, Thermal contrast, Void depth, Void
thickness, Thermography.</p>
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