Acoustic emission monitoring of slope instability: Development of an active waveguide system

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-95

  Dixon, Neil ^a   Hill, Roger ^b   Kavanagh, John ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Geotechnical Observations Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field testing and monitoring; Geotechnical engineering

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOILS; WAVEGUIDES;

SLOPE INSTABILITY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; MONITORING; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0141724929     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2003.156.2.83     Document Type: Article

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