What is it about?
This paper is benchmarking 50 years of successful in-situ concrete strength measurements by pullout test, from studies of the failure mechanism and laboratory/on-site correlations to full-scale testing of structures in Europe, Scandinavia, and Canada. Six testing cases illustrate different applications.
Featured Image
Photo by Vitor Paladini on Unsplash
Why is it important?
The pullout test provides accurately the In-Place Strength without having to extract cores and the duration is about 15 minutes compared to the 3–4 days for testing cores correctly. General robust correlations to strength of standard specimens exist no matter what parameter is considered for normal concrete.
Perspectives
The concrete industry has not taken full advantage of the benefits of this test system. This article can help to better understand how it works, why it is reliable, and the different ways it can be used in practice.
Claus Petersen
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Lok-Test and Capo-Test pullout for in-situ concrete strength, Bridge Structures, July 2024, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/brs-240220.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
