Comparison of acoustic emission activity in reinforced and prestressed concrete beams under bending

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-194

  Shield, Carol K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Concrete; Prestressed; Reinforced beams

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; BENDING STRENGTH; CRACK PROPAGATION; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

KAISER EFFECT; THREE POINT BENDING TESTS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0031109118     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(97)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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