Structural Audit of 40 year old Silo

Abstract

In India structural stability of old structures and fire protection and safety is one of the most common issues. because the strength of old structures get reduced in due course of your time it generate structural flaws like material diminution, unexpected over loading, structural scarcity or physical damages and if further use of such damaged structure it's getting to leads to severe loss of human life and public property. As Structural Audit of old structure is obligatory as per municipal authorities and Government of Gujarat has made "Structural Audit" of all old structures compulsory. the most objective of present work is to adopt Structural Auditing of 40 years old silo which is situated at Somnath (Gujrat) with Schmidt’s Hammer Test, Ultra Sonic Pulse Velocity Test, Cover Meter Test, Half-cell test, pH test including Visual Inspection and assessing the stableness and safety of the structure to confront to for its remaining life by diagnosis and root explanation for the issues with remedial measures. Based upon above test is observed that the attribute of concrete is medium at maximum locations and Doubtful at few locations, corrosion has started in reinforcement and well within the suitable limit. Hence, it's recommended to repair damaged areas as per the methodology, specifications and locations.