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5.

ANALYSIS OF DATA:-

5.1
(a)

Bridge No. 355 :Reinforcement scanning & Cover measurements:- No. of bars scanned
with the instrument in vertical direction are 10 and the scanned spacing of
bars varies between 33 mm to 93 mm, whereas, the spacing as per
drawing is 150 mm. No. of bars scanned in horizontal direction are 9 and
spacing varies between 44 mm to 75 mm, whereas the spacing as per
drawing is 140 mm. Measured values of cover at four locations are 34
mm, 41 mm, 43 mm and 44 mm. The concrete cover as per drawing is 40
mm (refer Annexure IX, fig. No.1).

(b)

Quality of Concrete:- The recorded pulse velocity values at three test


locations are 4220 m/s, 4370 m/s and 4330m/s . Average pulse velocity of
three measurements is 4306 m/s (refer Annexure I, table No.1). The pulse
velocity indicates good quality of concrete. The measurements are
recorded by semi-direct measurement method.

(c)

Probability of Corrosion:- Ten Nos. Resistivity measurements are


recorded each at the two test locations. At the first test location, the values
varies between 63 kWcm to 99 kWcm and the average value of resistivity
is 85 kWcm (refer Annexure-II). At the second location, the Resistivity
values varies between 41kWcm to 88 kWcm and average value of
resistivity is 68 kWcm (refer Annexure-III).The observed resistivity values
at both the test locations indicate low risk of reinforcement corrosion.

5.2

Bridge No. 366 :-

(a)

Reinforcement scanning & Cover measurements:- :- No. of bars


scanned with the instrument in vertical direction are 4 and the scanned
spacing of bars varies between 92 mm to 117 mm. No of bars scanned in
horizontal direction are 2 and spacing of bars is 371mm.The measured
values of concrete cover at four locations are 23mm, 24mm, 23mm and
26mm (refer Annexure IX, fig. No. 2).
(Note- The original drawing is not available. )

(b)

Quality of Concrete:- The recorded pulse velocity values at five test


locations are 3920m/s, 4160m/s, 4100m/s, 3880m/s and 3820m/s.
Average pulse velocity of five measurements is 3976 m/s (refer Annexure
I, table No.2) The pulse velocity indicates good quality of concrete. The
measurements are recorded by direct measurement method.

(c)

Probability of Corrosion:Seven Nos. Resistivity measurements


are recorded each at the two test locations. At the first test location, the
values varies between 74 kWcm to 99 kWcm and the average value of

resistivity is 94 kWcm (refer Annexure-IV). At the second location, the


Resistivity values varies between 69kWcm to 99 kWcm and average value
of resistivity is 94 kWcm (refer Annexure-V). The observed resistivity
values at both the test locations indicate low risk of reinforcement
corrosion.
5.3

Bridge No. 388:-

(a)

Reinforcement scanning & Cover measurements:- :- No. of bars


scanned with the instrument in vertical direction are 10 and the scanned
spacing of bars varies between 58 mm to 108 mm. No of bars scanned in
horizontal direction are 10 and the scanned spacing of bars varies
between 67 mm to 150 mm. The measured values of concrete cover at
five locations are 24mm, 31mm, 26mm, 38mm and 28mm (refer Annexure
IX, fig. No. 3).
(Note- The original drawing is not available. )

(b)

Quality of Concrete:- The pulse velocity measurements are recorded at


three test locations. At the first location, the values are 2270 m/s , 4310
m/s 1800 m/s, 2190 m/s and 2910 m/s. The average pulse velocity
recorded is 2696 m/s. At the second location the pulse velocity values are
3850 m/s, 3180 m/s, 3500 m/s, 3770 m/s and 1270 m/s and the average
value is 3114 m/s. At the third location, The values are 3880m/s, 3550m/s,
3750m/s, 1620m/s and 1570m/s. The average value at this location is
2874m/s(refer table No.3,4&5 of Annexure I). At the first location, the
measurements are recorded by indirect measurement method (surface
measurement), at the second and third locations, the measurements are
recorded by semi-direct method. The pulse velocity values indicate
medium and doubtful quality of concrete.

(c)

Probability of Corrosion:- Four Nos. resistivity measurements are


recorded at the second test location and five Nos. at the third test location.
At the second test location, the values varies between 22 kWcm to 27
kWcm and the average value of resistivity is 25 kWcm (refer Annexure-VI).
At the third location, the Resistivity values varies between 25kWcm to 77
kWcm and average value of resistivity is 49 kWcm (refer Annexure-VII).The
observed resistivity values at both the test locations indicate low risk of
reinforcement corrosion.

5.4

Bridge No. 390:-

(a)

Reinforcement scanning & Cover measurement:- No. of bars scanned


with the instrument in vertical direction are 7 and the scanned spacing of
bars varies between 17 mm to 87 mm. No. of bars scanned in horizontal
direction are 5 and spacing varies between 33 mm to 158 mm. Measured
values of cover at five locations are 30 mm, 38 mm, 28 mm, 28mm and 37

mm (refer Annexure IX, fig. No.4).


available. )

(Note- The actual drawing is not

(b)

Quality of Concrete:- The recorded pulse velocity values at three test


locations are 3250m/s, 3200m/s, and 1670m/s. Average pulse velocity of
three measurements is 2706 m/s (refer Annexure I, table No.6). The
measured pulse velocity indicates medium and doubtful quality of
concrete. The measurements are recorded by semi-direct method.

(c)

Probability of Corrosion:Fourteen Nos. resistivity measurements


are recorded at the single test location. The values varies between 43
kWcm to 99 kWcm and the average value of resistivity is 76 kWcm (refer
Annexure-VIII). The observed resistivity values indicate low risk of
reinforcement corrosion.

(d)

Compressive strength of Concrete:- The compressive strength of the


concrete with concrete rebound hammer is recorded on the east end of
the slab. Thirty measurements are taken and the average calculated value
of concrete shall be about 28.06 N/mm2 (As per the calibration chart, refer
Annexure I, table No.7). Compressive strength of the slab is also
calculated theoretically (refer Annexure I, table 9).

(e)

Corrosion Monitoring by CANIN:The corrosion measurements are


recorded with CANIN corrosion analyzer. A grid area of 15 cm x 15 cm on
the east end of the slab is marked and the corrosion potentials are
recorded. The recorded potentials are between the 100 mV to 200 mV.
The recorded corrosion potentials indicate low risk of reinforcement
corrosion (refer Annexure I, table No.8).

5.5

Co-Relation of Observed Data:The observed values for concrete quality (Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity),
corrosion probability (Resistivity values), corrosion activity (Potential
values) and concrete compressive strength are co-related with the
following standards.

(a)

Concrete qualityAs per IS 1331 1 (Part-I) : 1992 the concrete quality is divided in four
categories in terms of pulse velocity.
S.No.
1
2
3
4

Pulse Velocity (km / Sec)


Above 4.5
3.5 to 4.5
3.0 to 3.5
Below 3.0

Concrete Quality grading


Excellent
Good
Medium
Doubtful

(b)

Corrosion activityAs per ASTM C876 80 , Co-relation of potential values for corrosion
activity of embedded steel in concrete.
Corrosion Potential
0
-100 mV
-100 mV
-200 mV
-200 mV
-300 mV
-300 mV
-400 mV
-400 mV
-450 mV

(c)

Corrosion Status
No corrosion
Very low corrosion
Corrosion
High corrosion
Very high corrosion

Corrosion probabilityAs per BS 1881 Part 201,Co-relation of resistivity measurement for


corrosion probability of embedded steel.
Resistivity ( kWcm )
<5
5 10
10 20
> 20

Corrosion Rate
Very high
High
Moderate / Low
Low

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