Comparison of ultrasonic wave transmission and reflection measurements with P- and S-waves on early age mortar and concrete

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 38, Issue 282, 2005, Pages 729-738

  Voigt, Th ^a,d   Grosse, Ch U ^b,d   Sun, Z ^a,d   Shah, S P ^a,c   Reinhardt, H W ^b,c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c RILEM Bureau

^d RILEM TC SFC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; HARDENING; HYDRATION; MORTAR; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

ADIABATIC HEAT RELEASE; CEMENT HYDRATION PROCESS; CHEMICAL SHRINKAGE; ULTRASONIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 27344442892     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14267     Document Type: Article

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