Detection of accelerated reinforcement corrosion in concrete by ground penetrating radar

Proceedings of the 13th Internarional Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lai, W L ^a   Kind, T ^a   Wiggenhauser, H ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerated steel corrosion in concrete; Component; GPR

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT; CORROSION CHARACTERIZATION; CORROSION IN CONCRETE; CORROSION OF REINFORCEMENT; CORROSION PROCESS; DIRECT CURRENT; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; GPR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; IN-FIELD; NEW APPROACHES; REINFORCEMENT BAR; REINFORCEMENT CORROSION; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SPECTROGRAMS; TRAVEL TIME;

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CORROSION PREVENTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; RADAR; SPECTROSCOPY; STEEL CORROSION;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 77956506294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGPR.2010.5550254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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