Monitoring Corrosion-Induced Damage in Concrete using Nonlinear Cross-Modulation and Acoustic Emission
Nilsson, Markus LU
(2026)
14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing
In e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing
- Abstract
- Corrosion of embedded steel liners in nuclear containments threatens structural integrity and is challenging to detect. Acoustic emission (AE) and nonlinear ultrasonic cross-modulation were applied to monitor cracking in a concrete cube with an embedded steel plate under galvanostatic corrosion. AE showed intense early activity from rapid crack initiation. The modulation index (MI) dropped during major crack opening, rose as corrosion products partly re-closed microcracks, and decreased again as damage stabilized. AE captured transient fracture events, while cross-modulation reflected evolving contact nonlinearity. Although the accelerated corrosion limits early-stage evaluation, the methods together demonstrate promise for tracking... (More)
- Corrosion of embedded steel liners in nuclear containments threatens structural integrity and is challenging to detect. Acoustic emission (AE) and nonlinear ultrasonic cross-modulation were applied to monitor cracking in a concrete cube with an embedded steel plate under galvanostatic corrosion. AE showed intense early activity from rapid crack initiation. The modulation index (MI) dropped during major crack opening, rose as corrosion products partly re-closed microcracks, and decreased again as damage stabilized. AE captured transient fracture events, while cross-modulation reflected evolving contact nonlinearity. Although the accelerated corrosion limits early-stage evaluation, the methods together demonstrate promise for tracking corrosion-induced cracking in reinforced concrete. (Less)
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- Nilsson, Markus
LU
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- publishing date
- 2026-07
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- ECNDT 2026 - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026
- series title
- e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing
- conference name
- 14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing
- conference location
- Verona, Italy
- conference dates
- 2026-06-15 - 2026-06-19
- ISSN
- 1435-4934
- DOI
- 10.58286/33016
- project
- Tillverkning och OFP av cylinderväggmockup med avseende på korrosion i ingjuten tätplåt
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- English
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abstract = {{Corrosion of embedded steel liners in nuclear containments threatens structural integrity and is challenging to detect. Acoustic emission (AE) and nonlinear ultrasonic cross-modulation were applied to monitor cracking in a concrete cube with an embedded steel plate under galvanostatic corrosion. AE showed intense early activity from rapid crack initiation. The modulation index (MI) dropped during major crack opening, rose as corrosion products partly re-closed microcracks, and decreased again as damage stabilized. AE captured transient fracture events, while cross-modulation reflected evolving contact nonlinearity. Although the accelerated corrosion limits early-stage evaluation, the methods together demonstrate promise for tracking corrosion-induced cracking in reinforced concrete.}},
author = {{Nilsson, Markus}},
booktitle = {{ECNDT 2026 - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026}},
issn = {{1435-4934}},
language = {{eng}},
series = {{e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing}},
title = {{Monitoring Corrosion-Induced Damage in Concrete using Nonlinear Cross-Modulation and Acoustic Emission}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.58286/33016}},
doi = {{10.58286/33016}},
year = {{2026}},
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