A procedure for determining concrete pavement thickness using P-wave speed measurements and the impact-echo method

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-168, Issue , 1997, Pages 167-184

  Sansalone, Mary ^a   Lin, Jiunn Ming ^a   Streett, William B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Impact tests; Nondestructive tests; Pavements

Indexed keywords

ASTM STANDARDS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC WAVES; SOFTWARE TESTING;

DATA ACQUISITION HARDWARE; IMPACT ECHO METHODS; PAVEMENT THICKNESS; PLATE-LIKE STRUCTURE; PORTABLE INSTRUMENTATION; STANDARD TEST METHOD; STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TEST SECTIONS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 85111631194     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Clemena, G., "Use of the Impact-Echo Method in Nondestructive Measurements of the Thickness of New Concrete Pavements," Final Report, No. FHWA/VA95-R10, Virginia Transportation Research Council, March 1995, 32 pp.
2. Lin, J., Sansalone, M., and Streett, W.B., "A Procedure for Determining P-Wave Speed in Concrete for Use in Impact-Echo Testing Using a Direct P-Wave Speed Measurement Technique," to be published by the Materials Journal of the American Concrete Institute.
3. Lin, J. and Sansalone, M., "A Procedure for Determining P-Wave Speed in Concrete for Use in Impact-Echo Testing Using a Rayleigh Wave Speed Measurement Technique," in Innovation in Nondestructive Testin& of Concrete. Special Publication of the American Concrete Institute, 1996.
4. Sansalone, M. and Carino, N.J., "Impact-Echo: a Method for Flaw Detection in Concrete Using Transient Stress Waves," Report No. NBSIR 86-3452, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C./PB 87-104444/AS, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, September, 1986, 222 pp.
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