State-of-the-art applications of the pull-off test in civil engineering

International Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Bai, Y ^a   Basheer, P A M ^a   Cleland, D J ^a   Long, A E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bond strength; In situ strength; Pull off test; Repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855174516     PISSN: 17587328     EISSN: 17587336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTRUCTE.2009.030028     Document Type: Article

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