Variation of in-place concrete strength in structures

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-270

  Bartlett, F Michael ^a   MacGregor, James G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete cores; Evaluation; Tests

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; METAL CASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE; IN PLACE CONCRETE STRENGTH; PULL OFF TEST DATA;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0033102958     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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