The use of nondestructive ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) testing to assess the hardened properties of pervious concrete (PC) mixtures is an emerging research area. Further, UPV has been successfully used to determine the effective flow resistivity (EFR) of asphalt concrete and cement concrete pavements. However, no research studies have focused on understanding PC characteristics using EFR. Thus, the major objectives of this study were to assess the suitability of UPV testing for characterizing PC mixtures and to quantify their EFR, which is a measure of the material’s characteristic impedance and is dependent on the mix variables along with porosity. Thirty-six control and sand-modified PC mixtures were prepared with four aggregate gradations, and three levels each of water-to-cement (w/c) and aggregate-to-cement (a/c) ratios. Test results indicated that EFR was significantly dependent on the mix variables, with aggregate gradation being the most influential factor (six and eight times higher than w/c and a/c ratios, respectively). Lower EFR or higher sound absorption capacity was reported for PC with higher porosities. The sand-modified PC mixtures had higher EFR (by 4%–12%) than the control PC, and consequently lower sound absorption capacity, attributed to the presence of mortar that densified the mixes. Further, good-to-excellent correlations were obtained for various PC properties with UPV and EFR, which underscored the potential of UPV in characterizing PC. The major contribution of this research was the development of a simple, fast, and cost-effective approach, which can be suitably adopted as a quality-control test to determine PC mixture properties.


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    Title :

    Quantification of Effective Flow Resistivity for Parametric Assessment of Pervious Concrete by Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Method


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board




    Publication date :

    2023-04-04




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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