Nondestructive assessment of reinforced concrete structures based on fractal damage characteristic factors

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 924-931

  Cao, Maosen ^a,b   Ren, Qingwen ^a   Qiao, Pizhong ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessments; Concrete structures; Concrete, reinforced; Damages; Fractals

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORRELATION METHODS; CRACKS; FRACTALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

MONOFRACTAL DAMAGE; MULTIFRACTAL DAMAGE; NONDESTRUCTIVE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORRELATION METHODS; CRACKS; FRACTALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DAMAGE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747210947     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2006)132:9(924)     Document Type: Article

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