Ultrasonic testing of damage in concrete under uniaxial compression

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-275

  Nogueira, Carnot L ^a   Willam, Kaspar J ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Pulse velocity; Test; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDENING; MICROCRACKING; MORTAR; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

CONCRETE MIXING;

EID: 0035353792     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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