Predicted service life of armor stone: A case history

Breakwaters '99 First International Symposium on Monitoring of Breakwaters

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 145-159

  Lienhart, David A ^a   Gerdsen, Albert H ^a   Sayao, Otavio J ^b  

^a Partner Keller and Heckman LLP   (United States)

^b Moffatt and Nichol Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; CLIMATOLOGY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DURABILITY; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; MATERIALS TESTING; PETROGRAPHY; ROCKS; SERVICE LIFE;

ARMOR STONE; DURABILITY INDEX; SCHMIDT HAMMER REBOUND; SITE AGGRESSIVENESS ASSESSMENT; SONIC VELOCITY TESTING; SULFATE SOUNDNESS;

BREAKWATERS;

EID: 0033489626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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