Surface wave dispersion in large concrete structures

NDT and E International

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 304-307

  Aggelis, Dimitrios G ^a   Momoki, Shouhei ^b   Chai, Hwakian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Tobishima Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracks; Dispersion; Nondestructive testing; Repair; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE TESTING; CRACKS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC WAVES; FLUID DYNAMICS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SURFACE TESTING; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

CENTRAL FREQUENCIES; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CONCRETE SURFACES; LONG WAVELENGTHS; LONGITUDINAL WAVES; LOW FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PULSE VELOCITIES; REPAIR METHODS; SHALLOW DEFECTS; SURFACE-WAVE DISPERSIONS;

REPAIR;

EID: 63449121776     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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