Nondestructive testing of asphalt pavements for structural condition evaluation: A state of the art

Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-140

  Goel, Amit ^a   Das, Animesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Backcalculation; Deflection; Layer moduli; Spectral analysis; Thickness estimation

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BACKCALCULATION; LAYER MODULI; STRUCTURAL CONDITION EVALUATION; THICKNESS ESTIMATION;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 42149105048     PISSN: 10589759     EISSN: 14772671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10589750701848697     Document Type: Article

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