Effectiveness of nondestructive testing for the evaluation of alkali-silica reaction in concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1398-1403

  Sargolzahi, Maryam ^a   Kodjo, Serge A ^a   Rivard, Patrice ^a   Rhazi, Jamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkali aggregate reaction; Damage assessment; Mechanical properties; Nondestructive testing; Nonlinear acoustics; Petrography; Resonant frequency; Ultrasonic pulse velocity

Indexed keywords

ALKALI-AGGREGATE REACTIONS; DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NON-LINEAR ACOUSTICS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE TESTING; DAMAGE DETECTION; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTICITY; LIGHT VELOCITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PETROGRAPHY; REMELTING; SILICA; ULTRASONICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77951207588     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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