Discontinuities are one of the most harmful damage to the durability of concrete structures. The non-destructive methods appear to be effective for the detection and the location of surface cracks but they might be unsuitable for investigation of massive concrete body. In this thesis, the electrical resistivity measurements are made for the study of cracks and discontinuities (concrete joints, interfaces ...) in massive concrete structures by preexisting boreholes. The study is based on a first numerical approach (finite elements) to understand the corrections on data. Then the study of the aperture, the resistivity contrast between the discontinuity and the concrete, and the extension provide a method for the inversion of measures to characterize the damage. The tests on hydraulic structures are carried out to define the methodology for on measurement site. The measurements are then compared to the inversion method to validate it.
