Application of Wavelets in Detection of Cavities under Pavements by Surface Waves

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1860, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Shokouhi, Parisa ^a   Gucunski, Nenad ^a   Maher, Ali ^a  

^a the state University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOMETERS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CAVITY DETECTION; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTION;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 16544362434     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1860-07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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