Characterization of entrained air voids in cement paste with scattered ultrasound

NDT and E International

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 514-524

  Punurai, Wonsiri ^a   Jarzynski, Jacek ^b   Qu, Jianmin ^b   Kurtis, Kimberly E ^a   Jacobs, Laurence J ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Cement based materials; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CHARACTERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; ULTRASONICS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CEMENT PASTE; CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS; FREEZE-THAW DAMAGE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 33745684589     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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