Ultrasound diffusion for crack depth determination in concrete

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 523-529

  Ramamoorthy, S K ^a   Kane, Y ^a   Turner, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ULTRASONICS;

TONE-BURST EXCITATIONS; ULTRASOUND DIFFUSION;

CONCRETES;

CONCRETE;

ACOUSTICS; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 1042276678     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1642625     Document Type: Article

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