Characterization of progressive microcracking in Portland cement mortar using nonlinear ultrasonics

NDT and E International

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-118

  Chen, X J ^a,c   Kim, J Y ^a   Kurtis, K E ^a   Qu, J ^b   Shen, C W ^c   Jacobs, L J ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkali silica reaction; Cement based materials; Microcrack detection; Nonlinear acoustic technique

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; MORTAR; SILICA; ULTRASONICS;

ALKALI-SILICA REACTION; CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS; MICROCRACK DETECTION; NONLINEAR ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUE;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 36549003568     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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