Feasibility of reflectometry for nondestructive evaluation of prestressed concrete anchors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1322-1329

  Furse, Cynthia ^a,b   Smith, Paul ^b   Diamond, Michael ^b  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b LiveWire Test Labs Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchors; Cable; Reflectometry

Indexed keywords

CIVIL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; FAULT LOCATION; IN-SITU; LIFE SPAN; LOCATION OF FAULT; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; REFLECTOMETRY; STEEL CABLE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

CABLES; DAMS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS;

ANCHORS;

EID: 70350619179     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2019309     Document Type: Article

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