Richter's laws at the laboratory scale interpreted by acoustic emission

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 619-625

  Carpinteri, A ^a   Lacidogna, G ^a   Pugno, N ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE FAILURE; CRACKING; FRACTAL INTERPRETATION; RICHTER'S LAWS;

COMPACTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC WAVES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

EID: 33750598487     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: 00249831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2006.58.9.619     Document Type: Article

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