The purpose of the project is clearly interdisciplinary. This is a coordinated project addressing applied research tasks related to the development of building materials, non-destructive testing by acoustic and electromagnetic techniques and the technology associated with them.
The environment that integrates all these elements is the analysis, characterization and optimization of concrete with high content of steel fiber. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to get better materials and to apply them in new construction environments.
Objectives:
- To evaluate the system of generation of ultrasonic tomographic images in transmission, this allows having 3D information of the state of the material in real time.
- Integration and fusion of the non-destructive evaluation techniques (radar and ultrasonic imaging).
SimNDT: Simulation of ultrasonic wave propagation
SimNDT is software developed by the research group to simulation of ultrasonic wave propagation. This is able to simulate ultrasonic NDT inspection systems: Pulse-echo, Through-Transmission, Linear Scan, Radial Scan and Tomography; also capable to generate or import different types of geometric scenarios and export simulation results in mat-file format for further processing.
Examples of simulation
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| Ultrasonic wave propagation in limestone disc |
Ultrasonic tomographic in concrete with one and two defects
Publicaciones
| Monitoring of freeze-thaw cycles in concrete using embedded sensors and ultrasonic imagingJavier Ranz, Sofía Aparicio, Héctor Romero, María Jesús Casati, Miguel Molero, Margarita GonzálezSensors 14 (2), 2014 2280-2304http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s140202280 | G-CARMA |
| Optimized OpenCL implementation of the Elastodynamic Finte Integration Technique for viscoelastic mediaMiguel Molero, U. Iturrarán-Viveros, S. Aparicio and M.G. HernándezComputer Physics Communications, Article in press, May 2014http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2014.05.016 | G-CARMA |
| An Embedded Stress Sensor for Concrete SHM Based on Amorphous Ferromagnetic MicrowiresJ. Olivera, M. González, J.V. Fuente, R. Varga, A. Zhukov and J.J. AnayaSensors 14 (11), pp. 19963-19978, F.I.: 2.048, Q1http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s141119963 | G-CARMA |
| GPU computing with OpenCL to model 2-D elastic wave propagation: exploring memory usageUrsula Iturrarán-Viveros and Miguel Molero-ArmentaComputational Science & Discovery 8. 22 pageshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/8/1/014006 | G-CARMA |
| Combined US and UWB-RF imaging of concrete structures for identification and location of embedded materialsJ.L. Blanco-Murillo, D. Lluveras, V. Yagüe Jiménez, J.J. Anaya, F.J. Casajús-Quirós, M.A.G. Izquierdo, J.M. Menéndez, M. G. Hernández, A. HerreraConstruction and Building Materials 152 (2017) 693-701https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.07.036 | G-CARMA |
| Ultrasound Transmission Tomography for Detecting and Measuring Cylindrical Objects Embedded in ConcreteDalmay Lluveras Núñez, Miguel Ángel Molero-Armenta, Miguel Ángel García Izquierdo, Margarita González Hernández and José Javier Anaya VelayosSensors 17 (5) 1085, 16 pageshttps://doi.org/10.3390/s17051085 | G-CARMA |
ETSI Telecomunicaciones (UPM), CAEND (CSIC), AIDICO y Universidad de Cantabria
