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Wavelet Power and Shannon Entropy Applied to Acoustic Emission Signals for Corrosion Detection and Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete
ES Materials and Manufacturing
  • Jinrui Zhang
  • Ziye Kang
  • Dongshuai Hou
  • Biqin Dong
  • Hongyan Ma, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Acoustic emission (AE) signals detected from corrosion test on a steel reinforced concrete beam subjected to the coupling effects of corrosive wet-dry cycles and static load are analyzed by power spectral density, wavelet transform, and Shannon entropy. The degradation process of the corroded reinforced concrete beam can be divided into four stages on the basis of the accumulated event number (AEN). Due to the difference of material properties, steel reinforcement and concrete matrix have distinguished AE features. The time-frequency characteristics of AE signals can reflect the microstructural degradation mechanism of steel corrosion and concrete cracking. The corrosion evaluation entails investigating the evolution of the wavelet power mathematically by Shannon entropy. The frequency-entropy clearly exhibits the relative power distribution of AE signal in a certain frequency region. With the accumulation of steel corrosion and concrete deterioration, the increment of the overall entropy integration is considerably apparent. The variation of frequency-entropy curve reveals the corrosion revolution of the reinforced concrete members under static load, which is represented by a transforming from corrosion-induced micro cracking to load-induced localized cracking.

Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Comments

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 1240-1247

Keywords and Phrases
  • Acoustic emission,
  • Corrosion,
  • Reinforced concrete,
  • Shannon entropy,
  • Wavelet power
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
6-1-2022
Publication Date
01 Jun 2022
Citation Information
Jinrui Zhang, Ziye Kang, Dongshuai Hou, Biqin Dong, et al.. "Wavelet Power and Shannon Entropy Applied to Acoustic Emission Signals for Corrosion Detection and Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete" ES Materials and Manufacturing Vol. 16 (2022) p. 46 - 55 ISSN: 2578-062X; 2578-0611
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hongyan-ma/130/