Monitoring corrosion of rebar embedded in mortar using high-frequency guided ultrasonic waves

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-19

  Ervin, Benjamin L ^a   Kuchma, Daniel A ^b   Bernhard, Jennifer T ^b   Reis, Henrique ^b  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Damage; Durability; Nondestructive tests; Reinforced concrete; Ultrasonic methods; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALUMINUM CORROSION; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DURABILITY; MORTAR; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CORROSION DAMAGES; CROSS SECTIONS; DAMAGE; ECHO TESTING; GUIDED ULTRASONIC WAVES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IN-SITU; INCIDENT WAVES; LOCAL MINIMUMS; LOCALIZED CORROSIONS; LONGITUDINAL WAVES; MODE CONVERSIONS; MONITORING CORROSIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES; REINFORCED MORTARS; SAFETY ISSUES; SERVICE ABILITIES; TIME INFORMATIONS; TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATIONS; ULTRASONIC METHODS; ULTRASONIC SENSING; UNIFORM AND LOCALIZED CORROSIONS; UNIFORM CORROSIONS;

CORROSION;

CORROSION; MORTAR; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 57949088007     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2009)135:1(9)     Document Type: Article

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