Laser Generation and Detection of Ultrasound in Concrete

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-65

  Jacobs, Laurence J ^a   Whitcomb, Richard W ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Concrete; Laser ultrasonics; Wave scattering

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CONCRETES; DEFECTS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MONITORING; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

AGGREGATE; AGGREGATE SIZE; BROAD BAND GENERATION SOURCE; LASER ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; PROPAGATION DISTANCE; VOID; WAVE SCATTERING;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0031167263     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02683878     Document Type: Article

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