Ultrasonic Testing to Determine Water-Cement Ratio for Freshly Mixed Concrete

Cement, Concrete and Aggregates

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 262-268

  Popovics, Sandor ^a   Popovics, John S ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment; Fresh concrete; Pulse velocity; Quality control; Test method; Ultrasonic test; Water cementitious materials ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001456517     PISSN: 01496123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/cca10420j     Document Type: Article

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