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Grouted sleeve connection has been widely used to connect rebars in prefabricated concrete (PC) structures. Due to the complexities of materials and internal configurations, the flaws or defects are inevitable, which may cause the negative impact on the mechanical properties of reinforcement sleeve connection, ultimately leading to the hidden risk in the PC structures. It is challenging to explore a reliable and efficient flaw detection method for the grouting sleeve. In this paper, an active grout defects detection approach for grouted sleeve connectors using UT wave measurement is proposed, where piezoelectric-lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT) transducer are mounted on surface of the sleeve as transmitter and receivers; and experimental study is carried out to validate the feasibility of the proposed method. In order to investigate the effect of grout defects on UT wave measurement, five grouted sleeve specimens with different degrees of the artificial grout defects are designed and analysis on the PZT transducer was used for measurement. By comparing the PZT transducers measurement of different specimens with different grout defects under an identical impulse excitation signal, the grout defect is detected. Experimental results indicate grout defect leads to decrease in PZT transducers measurement UT energy, the relationship between the UT energy ratio and the internal grouting flaws is established: the UT energy decreases with the increment of flaw size. Therefore, the UT method provides a feasible option to evaluate the internal flaws of grouted sleeve connection.

The Feasibility Study of Quantitative Flaw Detection of Grouted Sleeve Connection by Ultrasonics