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PC steel wires on concrete and steel bridges now visible with terahertz waves
by Staff Writers
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Dec 15, 2015


This is a photograph of typical extradosed bridge construction, in which one of the most important parts is the sustaining PC bundled steel cables sealed with invisible polyethylene. Image courtesy Yutaka Oyama. For a larger version of this image please go here.

Researchers at Tohoku University have found a way to make covered or hidden PC steel wires visible, by developing a new terahertz wave light source featuring both light and radio-wave characteristics.

This new technology will be especially useful in the safety inspection of extradosed and other types of bridges that use PC steel wires hidden inside external cables covered by resin jackets.

External cables are important structural elements for dispersing loads in extradosed bridges and they have extremely high levels of safety with regard to corrosion. This is due to the fact that they are protectively covered in polyethylene resin or similar resins.

Destructive inspections, in which the outer coating is removed from the cable, run the risk of water and other forms of moisture penetrating the wires and causing corrosion after the inspection has been completed.

The technology developed by Professor Yutaka Oyama and his team at the Graduate School of Engineering, is a unique optical measurement system comprising a digital device terahertz light source and a laser terahertz light source with high penetrative capabilities for polyethylene resin and similar resins.

This enables non-destructive imaging of the inside of PC steel wire to be carried out without removing the external resin cover by making use of the terahertz wave characteristics that efficiently reflect metal surfaces within the resin.

The team also found that contrary to the radioactive rays conventionally used for non-destructive detection purposes, the new terahertz waves have no adverse effects on the human body.

Part of the results of this research was first announced at the 2015 CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics) Pacific Rim Conference held in Busan, South Korea, in August.


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