New technique of nondestructive assessment of concrete strength using artificial intelligence

NDT and E International

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-259

  Hoła, Jerzy ^a   Schabowicz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Compression strength of concrete; Concrete; Nondestructive testing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPUTING TOOLS; INPUT VECTORS; MULTIPLE CORRELATION; SCALING CURVES;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 13444278672     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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