Non-destructive ultrasonic evaluation of CFRPconcrete specimens subjected to accelerated aging conditions

NDT and E International

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 635-641

  Mahmoud, Ahmed M ^a,b   Ammar, Hussein H ^a   Mukdadi, Osama M ^a,c   Ray, Indrajit ^a   Imani, Fatemeh S ^a   Chen, An ^a   Davalos, Julio F ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP); Concrete; Non destructive testing; Ultrasonic waves

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; AGING EFFECTS; AVERAGE POWER; CARBON FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER; CARBON FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER (CFRP); CENTER FREQUENCY; CFRP COMPOSITES; CONCRETE SPECIMENS; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; EXTERNALLY BONDED; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MODE-II FRACTURE; NARROW BANDS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; TRACTION-SEPARATION; ULTRASONIC EVALUATION; ULTRASONIC PARAMETERS;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; CARBON FIBERS; CONCRETE TESTING; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; MONITORING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); SURFACE WAVES; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 77955468687     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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