Purpose of Non Destructive Testing
- Estimating on site compressive strength
- Deleting the presence of cracks, voids and other imperfections.
- Monitoring structural changes in concrete overtime.
- Assessing uniformity and homogeneity
- Assessing the condition of prestressing /reinforcement steel especially regarding corrosion.
Methods of Non Destructive Testing
- Penetration method
- Rebound hammer test
- Pull out test method
- Ultrasonic pulse velocity method
- Carbonation Test
- CAPO Test
- Half Cell Potential
- Load Test
