Control de calidad de hormigón con extracción de núcleos en las vías de hormigón armado caso (vía entrada de Machala )

Abstract

Over the years, engineering as a science has been evolving and adopting certain principles that have further improved the application of its theories and the execution of activities related to it. In the field of civil engineering, notable advances can also be seen that are attached not only to the construction of buildings but also to the improvement of conditions in communication routes such as bridges or highways, the latter being the subject of this investigation. Initially the roads and paths were made of dirt, but as time passed their use became tedious, so it became necessary to improve those conditions in order to have greater comfort when using them for transportation, In this area, the roads began to be ballasted and asphalt or concrete placed on them, which improved the certainties. The purpose of this investigation is to verify the conditions of the concrete of a road within the city of Machala, using a sample of this concrete obtained with coring equipment and subsequently examined in a soil laboratory. With the results obtained, it will be evaluated if the material meets the specifications for which it was initially designed or what its current degree of wear is. This evaluation is necessary to carry out a quality control of the concrete and verify if the road is suitable for operation or if it must be modified in order to comply with the imposed requirements.