Acoustic emission to assess and monitor the integrity of bridges

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-49

  Shigeishi, M ^a   Colombo, S ^b   Broughton, K J ^b   Rutledge, H ^b   Batchelor, A J ^b   Forde, M C ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; CRACK PROPAGATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; INSPECTION; MASONRY BRIDGES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AXLE LOADS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; TRAFFIC DENSITY;

CONCRETE BRIDGES;

EID: 0035254302     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(00)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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