Improved assessment of mass concrete dams using acoustic travel time tomography. Part II - application

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 147-156

  Kepler, William F ^a   Bond, Leonard J ^b   Frangopol, Dan M ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC TRAVEL TIME TOMOGRAPHY;

CONCRETE DAMS;

EID: 0033750235     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(00)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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