Advances in measuring air-void parameters in hardened concrete using a flatbed scanner

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Song, Y ^a   Zou, R ^a   Castaneda, D I ^b   Riding, K A ^c   Lange, D A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air void parameters; Automated method; Flatbed scanner; Hardened concrete

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AUTOMATION; CONCRETE TESTING; CONCRETES; FREEZING; HARDENING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE; SCANNING; THAWING;

AIR VOID PARAMETERS; AUTOMATED METHODS; FLATBED SCANNERS; FREEZE-THAW RESISTANCE; HARDENED CONCRETE; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 85029150927     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JTE20150424     Document Type: Article

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