NDT & Health Monitoring Lab
Background and details of the laboratory
Modern urban built environment is largely concentrating on infrastructure creation, and the demand for concrete and steel structures in this context is enormous. Ensuring quality in construction process, and assessing the condition of a structure are imperative in ensuring sustainable infrastructure. Structures usually undergo deterioration when exposed to environment due to deleterious agents like chlorides, carbon dioxide, sulphates etc. Instead of adopting a corrective approach, philosophy of maintenance of infrastructure shall be proactive in nature, and hence, condition assessment of structures plays a significant role in infrastructure creation and maintenance, and this is normally achieved using non-destructive testing and evaluation. Non-destructive testing (NDT) is carried out to detect defects and anomalies in test specimens without affecting them. This is carried out as part of inspection processes, and is normally centred around the idea that the existing performance/service of the structure is not hindered while inspecting. Currently, the NDT and health monitoring laboratory at IIT Tirupati is equipped in estimating in-situ strength and quality of structures.
Modern urban built environment is largely concentrating on infrastructure creation, and the demand for concrete and steel structures in this context is enormous. Ensuring quality in construction process, and assessing the condition of a structure are imperative in ensuring sustainable infrastructure. Structures usually undergo deterioration when exposed to environment due to deleterious agents like chlorides, carbon dioxide, sulphates etc. Instead of adopting a corrective approach, philosophy of maintenance of infrastructure shall be proactive in nature, and hence, condition assessment of structures plays a significant role in infrastructure creation and maintenance, and this is normally achieved using non-destructive testing and evaluation. Non-destructive testing (NDT) is carried out to detect defects and anomalies in test specimens without affecting them. This is carried out as part of inspection processes, and is normally centred around the idea that the existing performance/service of the structure is not hindered while inspecting. Currently, the NDT and health monitoring laboratory at IIT Tirupati is equipped in estimating in-situ strength and quality of structures.
Rebound hammer
Laser vibrometer
Oscilloscope
Pulse receiver
Infrared thermography
Multimeter
DC power supply
Ultrasonic pulse velocity
