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This paper presents a methodology for the non-destructive location and identification of cracks in unilaterally accessible massive concrete walls by means of the state-of-the-art acoustic methods of impulse response and ultrasound tomography. An example of the practical verification of the methodology used to investigate the concrete structure of a hydroelectric power plant is provided.
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Gorzela’nczyk, T., Hoła, J., Sadowski, Ł. et al. Non-destructive identification of cracks in unilaterally accessible massive concrete walls in hydroelectric power plant. Archiv.Civ.Mech.Eng 16, 413–421 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acme.2016.02.009
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