Imaging of ungrouted tendon ducts in prestressed concrete by improved SIBIE

NDT and E International

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-264

  Ata, Ninel ^a   Mihara, Shinichi ^a   Ohtsu, Masayasu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boundary element method (BEM); Impact echo method; SIBIE

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DUCTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE;

FREQUENCY SPECTRA; IMPACT ECHO METHOD; SIBIE; UNGROUTED TENDON DUCTS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846910038     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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