Non-destructive evaluation of concrete physical condition using radar and artificial neural networks

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 837-845

  Sbartai Z M ^a   Laurens, S ^b   Viriyametanont, K ^b   Balayssac, J P ^b   Arliguie, G ^b  

^a University Bordeaux I2M UMR CNRS 5295   (France)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Chloride content; Concrete; Non destructive evaluation; Radar; Water content

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE SLABS; CONCRETE TESTING; CONCRETES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NETWORK LAYERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RADAR; WATER CONTENT;

CHLORIDE CONTENTS; CONCRETE PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; MAXIMUM ABSOLUTE ERROR; MULTI-LAYER PERCEPTRONS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; TIME-DOMAIN SIGNAL;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 54349096365     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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