Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1998

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Hartt, William H.

Abstract

A study was performed for the purpose of developing a non-destructive method to evaluate corrosion damaged pre-stressing steel in jacketed concrete piles by using a cover meter. The procedure first involved taking cover meter readings with the pile jacket in place. Subsequently, a portion of the jacket was removed and tendon diameter measurements were taken. A relation for normalized tendon diameter as a function of normalized cover was determined, where normalized cover increased with a decrease in normalized tendon diameter. Finally, it is projected that the cover meter is a useful non-destructive tool to estimate the remaining tendon diameter in the inspection of jacketed, prestressed concrete piles and to this end to characterize the residual structural integrity of piles.

Extent

45 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1998.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT15563

Format

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