Lisboa, LNEC
29 maio 2012
09:00-09:30 - Participants reception and opening session
09:30-10:00 - Visual inspection: organisation and requirements
10:00-10:40 - Mechanical techniques applied in concrete structures
10:40-11:15 - Electrical techniques: Fundamentals, Half-cell potential, resistivity, corrosion rate
11:15-11:30 - Coffee break
11:30-13:00 - Practical sessions (Rebound/Pull-out test/pull-off-test; Cover depth/electrical resistivity; Half-cell potential/corrosion rate)
13:00-14:15 - Time free for lunch
14:15-14:45 - Permeability and diffusion techniques: Fundamentals
14:45-15:45 - DT techniques: Concrete and steel; Chloride content, Chloride and carbonation profiles/microscopical examination, Mechanical tests, chemical tests and metallographic tests
15:45-16:00 - Coffee break
16:00-17:45 - Practical sessions (Air/water permeability; Chloride diffusion and carbonation depth; Metallographic tests on steel; Microscopic examination of concrete)
30 maio 2012
09:00-09:30 - Acoustic techniques: Fundamentals
09:30-10:00 - Ground penetrating radar: Fundamentals; cover depth covermeters based on magnetic reluctance/eddy currents for steel
10:00-10:30 - Gammagraphy and thermography: Fundamentals and case studies
10:30-10:45 - Coffee break
10:45-13:00 - Practical sessions (Ultrasonic pulse-velocity method /Impact-echo method/Impulse-response method/Ultrasonic-echo method; Ultrasonic methods for steel structures; Magnetic particles; Liquid penetrant; GPR; Thermography)
13:00 - course closure
