Bouchra Kouddane

Mrs. Bouchra Kouddane

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 November 2022 in Applied Sciences
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BKBouchra Kouddane
Bouchra Kouddane
Zoubir Mehdi SbartaïZoubir Mehdi Sbartaï
Zoubir Mehdi Sbartaï
Maitham AlwashMaitham Alwash
Maitham Alwash
KAKhoudja Ali-Benyahia
Khoudja Ali-Benyahia
SESidi Mohammed ELACHACHI
Sidi Mohammed ELACHACHI
SKSaid KENAI
Said KENAI
This paper presents a review on combining NDT techniques, such as rebound hammer and ultrasonic pulse velocity, for assessing concrete compressive strength. These methods, though being favorably not invasive and easy to be extended to a larger number of elements, are affected by many contingency factors. The SonReb technique suggests combining the two methods to partially offset their low reliability if considered separately. For years, this concept was introduced in order to improve the evaluation compared with the use of one NDT. In order to combine the ultrasonic pulse velocity and rebound hammer, many empirical, multiparametric models were proposed in the literature as linear, power, exponential, or polynomial. However, the variety of these models emphasizes that they can give a correct strength prediction only for the particular cases that they are derived for. Therefore, to assess concrete on site, the strength should be predicted using a calibration procedure due to the variability of existing concrete mixes. This paper presents a brief outline of the key aspects of strength assessment, including the different approaches used to build the SonReb model and a calibration procedure for assessing concrete strength. A comparison study between the different approaches is proposed, and a performance analysis using Monte Carlo simulations is discussed. Finally, the estimation capacity of the existing model identification approaches is investigated, and the effect of the “trade-off” is analyzed for different random sampling with varying the number of cores.

7 August 2023 in Journal of Building Engineering
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BKBouchra Kouddane
Bouchra Kouddane
ZSZoubir Mehdi Sbartaï
Zoubir Mehdi Sbartaï
SESidi Mohammed Elachachi
Sidi Mohammed Elachachi
NLNouzha Lamdouar
Nouzha Lamdouar