Dr. Mohammad S. Khan, P.E. (Executive Vice President, High
Performance Technologies, Inc. (left)

 

SEI New Orleans Chapter invited Dr. Mohammad S. Khan, P.E. (Executive Vice President, High Performance Technologies, Inc., Herndon, VA) to present a 2-hour seminar on August 21 2019. Dr. Khan presented various testing and inspection techniques for transportation and offshore and marine structures. This presentation reviews and analyzes various above-water and underwater techniques that can be used for transportation and offshore and marine structures. Above-water techniques include visual inspections, chloride ion analysis, carbonation depth measurement, half-cell potential measurement, corrosion rate measurement, strength testing, and petrographic analysis. Whereas, the underwater techniques include diver-assisted visual inspections, real-time video imaging, ultrasonic imaging, modified versions of some of the above-water techniques, sonic-echo, impulse response, ultrasonic guided waves (UGW), and limited semi-destructive testing.

 

This seminar was attended by about 40 members. The seminar presentation can be downloaded from ASCE New Orleans Branch website under SEI NO tab.