Ground-penetrating radar signal modeling to assess concrete structures

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-291

  Loulizi, Amara ^a   Al Qadi, Imad L ^a,b   Lahouar, Samer ^b  

^a VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Delamination; Slab

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SLABS; DELAMINATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; POLYSTYRENES;

DELAMINATED CONCRETE STRUCTURE; RADAR SIGNAL MODELLING;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036590419     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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