A rapid-acquisition electrical time-domain reflectometer for dynamic structure analysis

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 655-661

  Bishop, Joseph A ^a   Pommerenke, David J ^a   Chen, Genda ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic response; reinforced concrete (RC) structure; time domain reflectometery (TDR)

Indexed keywords

CRACK SENSORS; DYNAMIC STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE SIMULATION; RC COLUMN; REINFORCED CONCRETE (RC) STRUCTURE; REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMN; RESEARCH CENTER; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CRACKS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKES; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REFLECTOMETERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSORS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651311204     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2058551     Document Type: Article

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