Non-destructive testing of fired tunnel walls: The Mont-Blanc Tunnel case study

NDT and E International

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Abraham, Odile ^a   Dérobert, Xavier ^a  

^a Section Imagerie et Géolocalisation   (France)

Author keywords

Concrete; Ground penetrating radar; Seismic refraction

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACES;

TUNNEL WALLS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 0038481503     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(03)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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