Construction and Building Materials articles from December 2005

Construction and Building Materials archives from December 2005

Special issue--NDT--selected papers from Structural Faults and Repairs 2003.(Editorial)
December 1, 2005... This special issue contains six research papers selected from presentations made to the International Conference on Structural Faults and Repairs held in London in 2003. The selected papers were peer reviewed and subsequently revised for this...

Determination of chloride content in concrete structures with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.
December 1, 2005... Abstract An important criterion for the evaluation of reinforced concrete structures is the measurement of the chloride content. This will normally be done by time consuming standard chemical methods. We propose the application of a...

Quantitative impulse-thermography as non-destructive testing method in civil engineering--experimental results and numerical simulations.
December 1, 2005... Abstract Impulse-thermography is an active method for quantitative investigation of the near surface region of various structures which has recently been applied to civil engineering. It is well suited for the detection of voids and...

Nondestructive evaluation of in-place cement mortar compressive strength using spectral analysis of surface waves.
December 1, 2005... Abstract Tiffs paper presents a modified experimental SASW method for nondestructive evaluation of the cement mortar compressive strength in in-place single-layer mortar slabs with a rather finite thickness. The tests were conducted on...

Predicting the ultimate bending capacity of concrete beams from the "relaxation ratio" analysis of AE signals.
December 1, 2005... Abstract This paper presents an alternative approach to the problem, based on "testing" the real structure rather than trying to model it. Experiments on reinforced concrete (RC) beams, representative of bridge beams, are described. The...

Modelling ground penetrating radar by GprMax.
December 1, 2005... Abstract This paper deals with the fundamentals of ground penetrating radar (GPR) operation and presents a software tool that can be used to model GPR responses from arbitrarily complex targets. This software tool called GprMax is...

Measuring layer thicknesses with GPR--theory to practice.
December 1, 2005... Abstract Ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology has been used to assess pavement performance and structure for the past 30 years in a variety of ways. Yet after all this time, the main issue remains: How well does GPR work and under...

Calendar.(Calendar)
December 1, 2005... Calendar Event Date and venue 2005 First International Conference on 16-19 October 2005 Construction Engineering and ...