Identifying voids in plastic ducts in post-tensioning prestressed concrete members by resonant frequency of impact-echo, SIBIE and tomography

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 527-537

  Muldoon, R ^a   Chalker, A ^a   Forde, M C ^a   Ohtsu, M ^b   Kunisue, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridge beams; Concrete; GPR; impact echo; Plastic ducts; SIBIE; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; IMPACT TESTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

BRIDGE BEAMS; IMPACT ECHO; PLASTIC DUCTS; ULTRASONIC TOMOGRAPHY;

DUCTS;

EID: 33845328488     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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