Using Ultrasound for In-Service Assessment of Rendered Walls

Experimental Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1203-1214

  Flores Colen, I ^a   de Brito, J ^a   de Freitas, V P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fa ades; In Situ; Performance; Renders; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS TESTING; MORTAR; ULTRASONICS;

NON-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE OF CEMENT; RENDERS; SERVICE CONDITIONS; SERVICE PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 85028270232     PISSN: 07328818     EISSN: 17471567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40799-016-0118-5     Document Type: Article

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