Detection of sub-surface anomalies in concrete bridge decks using ground penetrating radar

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 396-408

  Halabe, Udaya B ^a   Chen, Hung Liang ^a   Bhandarkar, Vasudev ^a   Sami, Zahid ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bridges; Concretes; Crack; Delamination; Nondestructive tests; Radar; Rebar; Waveform inversion; Waveform synthesis

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POROSITY; RADAR; REINFORCED CONCRETE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); WAVEFORM INVERSION; WAVEFORM SYNTHESIS;

BRIDGE DECKS;

EID: 0031222279     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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