Detectability of slow crack growth in bridge steels by acoustic emission

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1165-1174

  Hamstad, M A ^a,b   McColskey, J D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ATTENUATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; SENSORS; STEEL BRIDGES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SENSORS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 0033226091     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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