Tomographic Detection of Low-Velocity Anomalies with Limited Data Sets (Velocity and Attenuation)

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 472-486

  Prada, J ^a   Fratta, D ^b   Santamarina, J C ^c  

^a PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Beams; Caissons; Columns; Elastic waves; Inverse problems; Nondestructive testing; Piles; Tomography; Ultrasound; Velocity

Indexed keywords

CAISSONS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER CIRCUITS; ELASTIC WAVES; FOUNDATIONS; FUZZY LOGIC; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PILES; PIXELS; PRESSURE VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATTENUATION; BEAMS; INVERSION METHODOLOGY; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; PARAMETRIC REPRESENTATIONS; PIXEL-BASED INVERSION; REALISTIC FIELD CONDITIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION;

VELOCITY;

EID: 0042185114     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11068j     Document Type: Article

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