Talk on NDT for Second Year Civil Engineering students

A talk on Non Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques was organized for the Second Year Civil Engineering students of Don Bosco College of Engineering Fatorda on 15^th and 16^th October 2018 by the Civil Engineering Department.

The talk was delivered by Mr. Celestan Braganza and Mrs. Afreen Mulla from the office of Shekhar Panandiker and Associates. They firstly explained to the students the concept of NDT and its importance like testing concrete for discontinuities or differences in characteristics without destroying the serviceability of the concrete member. They also explained and demonstrated on some of the methods of NDT like the Rebound Hammer test and Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity test and how the results were interpreted from the data obtained from the test. They also covered topics like carbonation tests that shows the effect of the atmospheric CO₂ on the RCC structure, Tritex Multigauge used to check metal thickness and monitor the corrosion levels in concrete without removing the coating and the Covermeter test that is used to locate the rebar, measure the diameter of the reinforcement and measure the exact concrete cover. In all 75 students attended the talk Asst. Prof Starina Dias coordinated the workshop.