Detection and classification of flaws in concrete structure using bispectra and neural networks

NDT and E International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-27

  Xiang, Yang ^a   Tso, S K ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bispectrum; BP learning algorithm; Concrete structure; Flaw detection; Impact echo test; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; DEFECTS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LEARNING ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

IMPACT-ECHO TESTS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036028142     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(01)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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