Critical defect size distributions in concrete structures detected by the acoustic emission technique

Meccanica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-363

  Carpinteri, A ^a   Lacidogna, G ^a   Niccolini, G ^a   Puzzi, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Concrete structures; Damage mechanics; Defect size distribution; Mechanics of solids and structures

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; DEFECT STRUCTURES; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PIGMENTS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION (AE) TECHNIQUES; BRITTLE MATERIALS; BUSINESS MEDIA; CONCRETE FRACTURE; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CRITICAL DEFECT SIZE; CRITICAL PARAMETERS; DAMAGE PROCESSES; DEFECT SIZES; DISORDERED MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FRACTURE BEHAVIORS; FRACTURE PROCESSES; INSTABILITY CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL LOADINGS; MODELING APPROACHES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; REINFORCED CONCRETE (RC) STRUCTURES; SPRINGER (CO);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 45249097186     PISSN: 00256455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11012-007-9101-7     Document Type: Article

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