The use of USPV to anticipate failure in concrete under compression

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2017-2021

  Qasrawi, Hisham Y ^a   Marie, Iqbal A ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Concrete; Nondestructive testing; Pulse velocity

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONIC PULSES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0142093056     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00218-7     Document Type: Article

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