Non-Contact Excitation of Fundamental Resonance Frequencies of an Asphalt Concrete Specimen Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. Impact hammer and non-contact speaker excitation were applied to an asphalt concrete, a PVC-U and a concrete specimen to measure the fundamental longitudinal resonance frequency at different strain levels. The impact and the noncontact excitation methods resulted in similar resonance frequencies for the undamaged asphalt concrete and for the PVC-U specimen. However, the two excitation approaches gave different results for the concrete specimen, which was shown to have a nonlinear response to increasing strain levels. A reduction and a following recovery of the resonance frequency of the asphalt concrete were shown after the specimen was exposed to a small amount of damage. However, no fast nonlinear dynamics were observed for the asphalt concrete through the speaker measurements.

name of conference

  • 41ST ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION: Volume 34

published proceedings

  • 41ST ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION, VOL 34

author list (cited authors)

  • Gudmarsson, A., Ryden, N., & Birgisson, B.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Gudmarsson, Anders||Ryden, Nils||Birgisson, Björn

publication date

  • March 2015