State-of-the-art radar tomography for concrete structure assessment

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-235, Issue , 2006, Pages 31-50

  Giroux, Bernard ^a   Rivard, Patrice ^b   Gloaguen, Erwan ^c   Chouteau, Michel C ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkali aggregate reaction; Attenuation; Radar tomography; Structure assessment; Velocity; Water content

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DETERIORATION; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ALKALI-AGGREGATE REACTIONS; BOREHOLE RADAR ANTENNAS; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX MODELS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENT; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84867486087     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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