One-sided stress wave velocity measurement in concrete

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1346-1353

  Popovics, J S ^a   Song, W ^a   Achenbach, J D ^a   Lee, J H ^b   Andre, R F ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; STEEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

STRESS WAVE VELOCITY;

CONCRETE TESTING;

CONCRETE;

EID: 0032455153     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1998)124:12(1346)     Document Type: Article

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