A review of soft techniques for electromagnetic assessment of concrete condition

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Queiroz, F A A ^a   Vieira, D A G ^a   Travassos, X L ^b   Pantoja, M F ^c  

^a Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b SENAI CIMATEC   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; EFFICIENT ANALYSIS; MODEL-FREE METHOD; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SOFT TECHNIQUES; SOLUTION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CONCRETE SLABS; DATA PROCESSING; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84872133514     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/935468     Document Type: Review

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