Experimental study of wave dispersion and attenuation in concrete

Ultrasonics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 584-595

  Philippidis, T P ^a   Aggelis, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Concrete; Dispersion

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CONCRETES; DISPERSION (WAVES); FREQUENCIES; GEOMETRY; MORTAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PORTLAND CEMENT;

COARSE AGGREGATES; SPECIMENS; WATER CONTENT; WAVE VELOCITIES;

ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

EID: 20144378508     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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