Assessment of the strength of building rocks using signal processing procedures

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 562-568

  Benavente, D ^a,b   Martinez Martinez J ^a,b   Jauregui P ^a   Rodriguez M A ^a,b   del Cura, M A García ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Unidad Asociada CSIC UA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building rock; Non destructive test; Ultrasonic parameters; Uniaxial compressive strength

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

BUILDING ROCK; ULTRASONIC PARAMETERS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ROCKS;

EID: 33646418697     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.01.043     Document Type: Article

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