Abstract
This research proposes an effective inverse analysis technique for solving an inverse problem to detect corrosion in reinforced concrete non-destructively from potentials on a concrete surface. The technique can detect the number, the shape and the location of corrosion without particular assumption with GA (genetic algorithm), and increases accuracy of solution gradually if necessary. The following three strategies achieve the proposed technique: (1) Control of analysis precision, i.e. coarseness of BEM (boundary element method) meshes, depending on required precision of solution. (2) Use of the net elements for BEM for decreasing the number of elements for steels. (3) Analysis with higher precision only within detected corrosion area on lower precise analysis. We performed a numerical simulation to solve an inverse problem for detecting steel corrosion in concrete with the proposed technique. The result showed that the proposed method could detect corrosion with high accuracy. The calculation time of the proposed method was about 1/100 in comparison with that of the previously proposed method.
