Use of ultrasonics to follow crack growth

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-5, 1998, Pages 209-217

  Van Hauwaert, A ^a   Thimus, J F ^a   Delannay, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concrete; Non destructive testing; Steel fibre reinforced concrete; Ultrasonic wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

STEEL FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE (SFRC);

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031996328     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(97)00129-7     Document Type: Article

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