Single-side access tomography for evaluating interior defect of concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2411-2418

  Chai, H K ^a   Aggelis, D G ^b   Momoki, S ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^c   Shiotani, T ^d  

^a Tobishima Corporation   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concrete; Phase velocity; R waves; Tomography technique

Indexed keywords

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHASE VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

ARTIFICIAL DEFECTS; DOMINANT WAVELENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; STRONG DISPERSION; VELOCITY CHANGES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 77958562950     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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