Application of acoustic emission technique to detection of reinforcing steel corrosion in concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-76

  Li, Zongjin ^a   Li, Faming ^a   Zdunek, Allan ^a   Landis, Eric ^a   Shah, Surendra P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Concrete; Infrastructure; Microcrack; Rebar corrosion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MICROCRACKS; STEEL CORROSION;

REBAR CORROSION DETECTION;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0031649530     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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