Accuracy of NDE in bridge assessment

Engineering Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 979-984

  Martin, Julia ^a   Hardy, Michael S A ^b   Usmani, Asif S ^b   Forde, Michael C ^b  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridges; Concrete; Impact echo; NDE; Radar; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RADAR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

BRIDGE MANAGEMENT; IMPACT ECHO TECHNIQUE;

BRIDGES;

EID: 0032210230     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00192-2     Document Type: Article

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