Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for estimating concrete thickness
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Application No.: US17737645Application Date: 2022-05-05
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Publication No.: US11555698B2Publication Date: 2023-01-17
- Inventor: David Milligan , Armita Mohammadian , Joshua Scott , Akash Nikam , Matthew Sharpe , Klarissa Ramos , Ethan Loewenthal
- Applicant: FDH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Raleigh
- Assignee: FDH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FDH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Raleigh
- Agency: McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G01N29/07
- IPC: G01N29/07 ; G01N29/44 ; G01N33/38 ; G01B17/02

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for non-destructively estimating the thickness of buried concrete without excavation. An example method may include placing one or more first accelerometers at a plurality of vertical positions below the surface of the ground at an approximate first distance from a vertical edge of the buried concrete each time. The method may further include, for each position in the plurality of vertical positions, generating a dispersive wave in the buried concrete and determining a time of arrival of the dispersive wave at the one or more first accelerometers. The method may further include estimating the thickness of the buried concrete based on at least the times of arrival of the dispersive waves at the one or more first accelerometers.
Public/Granted literature
- US11525675B2 Systems and methods for estimating concrete thickness Public/Granted day:2022-12-13
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