Inspection of prestressing windings in concrete pressure pipe
A new method capable of inspecting the prestressing windings in concrete embedded-cylinder pressure pipe for breaks is described and results from field tests presented. The method exploits aspects of the remote field eddy current (RFEC) through-wall transmission technique, used for conducting tubulars and an additional transformer coupling effect. Laboratory tests have been conducted in 400 and 600 mm pipe and field tests in 1.2 and 2.4 m concrete embedded cylinder pressure pipes. Signal logs are analyzed using the standard RFEC voltage plane polar plot. Detection of even single breaks in the prestressing winding has been demonstrated. The relatively small tool can access large diameter pipes through standard 500 mm manhole. Scanning speeds of 35 m/min have been used.
- Research Organization:
- Pressure Pipe Inspection Co., Mississauga, Ontario (CA)
- OSTI ID:
- 20002578
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-990401-; TRN: IM200002%%578
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Corrosion NACExpo 99, 54th Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX (US), 04/25/1999--04/30/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating Systems: Windows 3.1, '95, '98 and NT; Macintosh; and UNIX; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Corrosion 99: Proceedings, [3500] pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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