Ultrasonic pulse velocity test of concrete properties as specified in various standards

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 357-364

  Komlos K ^a   Popovics, S ^b   Nurnbergerova T ^a   Babal B ^a   Popovics, J S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE   (Slovakia)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RELIABILITY; STANDARDS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONCRETE UNIFORMITY; DEFECTS INSIDE CONCRETE; DYNAMIC ELASTIC CONSTANTS; LONGITUDINAL PULSE VELOCITY; ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY TEST;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0030264805     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0958-9465(96)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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