Identification of Test Regions and Choice of Conversion Models

Jean-Paul Balayssac , Emilia Vasanelli , Vincenza Anna Maria Luprano , Said Kenai , Xavier Romão (1) , Leonardo Chiauzzi , Angelo Masi , Zoubir Medhi Sbartaï (2)

1 Universidade do Porto = University of Porto
2 I2M - Institut de Mécanique et d'Ingénierie

The main objective of test region (TR) identification is to define an efficient conversion model. The first part of the chapter aims a difficult question, the identification of test regions (TR) because each structure is specific and so it is impossible to give a unique methodology. Here, three different possibilities are proposed. The first one is based on synthetic data obtained on a continuous structure for which TR are identified by means of k-means clustering method. The second approach concerns a real building for which TR are determined by means of two different statistical methods based on the analysis of confidence interval and ANOVA. On three real case studies, the second part of the chapter compares the performances of two scenarios, either the consideration of several TRs and so a conversion model on each one, or the consideration of a unique TR with only one model. The efficiency of each scenario is quantified by the error on the estimation of both mean strength and local strength.

Domaines: Matériaux

Jean-Paul Balayssac, Emilia Vasanelli, Vincenza Anna Maria Luprano, Said Kenai, Xavier Romão, et al.. Identification of Test Regions and Choice of Conversion Models. Non-Destructive In Situ Strength Assessment of Concrete, 32, Springer International Publishing, pp.117-160, 2021, 978-3-030-64899-2 || 978-3-030-64900-5. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-64900-5_4⟩. ⟨hal-03498707⟩