Comment on 'Determination of elastic constants of a concrete specimen using transient elastic waves' [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98, 2142-2148 (1995)]

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3451-3455

  Popovics, John S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MATERIAL STATE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; VELOCITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0029861811     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.416989     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. T. T. Wu, J. S. Fang, G. Y. Liu, and M. K. Kuo, "Determination of the elastic constants of a concrete specimen using transient elastic waves," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98, 2142-2148 (1995).
2. A. M. Neville, Properties of Concrete (Pitman, London, 1981), 3rd ed., pp. 367-370.
3. Annual Book of ASTM Standards (ASTM, Philadelphia, 1990), Vol. 4.02: Concrete and aggregates, pp. 120-123 and 291-293.
4. In this test standard, Young's modulus is specifically mentioned. The other elastic moduli are known to behave in a similar fashion.
5. R. E. Philleo, "Comparison of results of three methods for determining Young's modulus of elasticity of concrete," J. Am. Concr. Inst. 26, 461-469 (1955).
6. Reference 2, p. 605.