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Manual for Multichannel Ultrasonic Pile Integrity Tester
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The calculation formula for the representative value of the
acoustic velocity is same with that in the concrete.
3) Flat test
When only one surface is available for test, the flat test shall be
adopted. Each test area shall have 3 test points, and the transducer
arrangement shall be as shown in Figure F1.13.
When the ultrasonic flat test points are arranged, it is optimal to
form 40
0
-50
0
angle between the connection line of the transmitting
and receiving transducer and the adjacent rebar axis, and the
ultrasonic spacing test shall be 350-450mm
Figure F1.13 Schematic graph for flat test
A) Flat test—acoustic velocity correction
The acoustic velocity of flat test shall be corrected as per
λ
(
λ
=
V
d
/
V
p
),
λ
represents the correction factor, V
d
represents the acoustic
velocity of opposite test, V
p
represents the acoustic velocity of the