NDE methods for quality assurance of new pavement thickness

International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Maser, K R ^a   Holland, T J ^b   Roberts, R ^c   Popovics, J ^d  

^a Infrasense Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c Geophysical Survey Systems Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Impact echo; Non destructive evaluation; Pavement construction; Pavement thickness; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CONCRETES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

IMPACT-ECHO; PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION; PAVEMENT THICKNESS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 31744440257     PISSN: 10298436     EISSN: 1477268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10298430500501985     Document Type: Article

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