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Masayasu Ohtsu

Masayasu Ohtsu

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
43
Citations
8517
World Ranking
6074
National Ranking
112

Overview

Masayasu Ohtsu is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed to the fields of engineering and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on various subfields including mechanics of materials, ocean engineering, geophysics, civil and structural engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Their research concentrates on topics such as geophysical methods and applications, rock mechanics and modeling, ultrasonics and acoustic wave propagation, seismic waves and analysis, concrete corrosion and durability, earthquake and tectonic studies, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Key publications by Masayasu Ohtsu include:

  • Damage estimation of concrete canal due to freeze and thawed effects by acoustic emission and X-ray CT methods, 2020, Construction and Building Materials
  • Application of Impact-Echo Method to 3D SIBIE Procedure for Damage Detection in Concrete, 2020, Applied Sciences

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Tomoki Shiotani
  • Tetsuya Suzuki
  • Saki Nishimura
  • Yuma Shimamoto
  • Katsufumi Hashimoto

Ohtsu's work has been published predominantly in venues such as Construction and Building Materials and Applied Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Crack classification in concrete based on acoustic emission

    Kentaro Ohno;Masayasu Ohtsu

  • The history and development of acoustic emission in concrete engineering

    M. Ohtsu

  • Detection and evaluation of AE waves due to rock deformation

    Tomoki Shiotani;Masayasu Ohtsu;Kenji Ikeda

  • Simplified moment tensor analysis and unified decomposition of acoustic emission source: Application to in situ hydrofracturing test

    Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Recommendation of RILEM TC 212-ACD: acoustic emission and related NDE techniques for crack detection and damage evaluation in concrete* Test method for classification of active cracks in concrete structures by acoustic emission

    Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Use of acoustic emission and X-ray computed tomography for damage evaluation of freeze-thawed concrete

    Tetsuya Suzuki;Hidehiko Ogata;Ryuichi Takada;Masao Aoki

  • MOMENT TENSOR ANALYSIS OF ACOUSTIC EMISSION FOR CRACKING MECHANISMS IN CONCRETE

    Masayasu Ohtsu;Takahisa Okamoto;Shigenori Yuyama

  • DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS QUALIFIED BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION

    Masayasu Ohtsu;Masakatsu Uchida;Takahisa Okamoto;Shigenori Yuyama

  • Phenomenological Model of Corrosion Process in Reinforced Concrete Identified by Acoustic Emission

    Masayasu Ohtsu;Yuichi Tomoda

  • Quantitative damage estimation of concrete by acoustic emission

    Masayasu Ohtsu;Hiroshi Watanabe

  • Corrosion mechanisms in reinforced concrete by acoustic emission

    Yuma Kawasaki;Tomoyo Wakuda;Tomoe Kobarai;Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Fracture process zone in notched concrete beam under three-point bending by acoustic emission

    Kentaro Ohno;Kimitaka Uji;Atsushi Ueno;Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Recommendation of RILEM TC 212-ACD : acoustic emission and related NDE techniques for crack detection and damage evaluation in concrete : Test Method for Damage Qualification of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Acoustic Emission

    Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Detection and Evaluation of Failures in High-strength Tendon of Prestressed Concrete Bridges by Acoustic Emission

    S. Yuyama;K. Yokoyama;K. Niitani;M. Ohtsu

  • Acoustic emission theory for moment tensor analysis

    M. Ohtsu

  • Evaluation of cracking damage in freeze-thawed concrete using acoustic emission and X-ray CT image

    Tetsuya Suzuki;Tomoki Shiotani;Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Recommendation of RILEM TC 212-ACD: Acoustic emission and related NDE techniques for crack detection and damage evaluation in concrete: Measurement method for acoustic emission signals in concrete

    Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Corrosion rate of ordinary and high-performance concrete subjected to chloride attack by AC impedance spectroscopy

    Mohamed Ismail;Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Analysis of half-cell potential measurement for corrosion of reinforced concrete

    Veerachai Leelalerkiet;Je Woon Kyung;Masayasu Ohtsu;Masaru Yokota

  • AE monitoring of corrosion process in cyclic wet-dry test

    Yuma Kawasaki;Yuichi Tomoda;Masayasu Ohtsu

  • Corrosion Process in Reinforced Concrete Identified by Acoustic Emission

    Masayasu Ohtsu;Yuichi Tomoda

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidenori Akiyama
Hidenori Akiyama Fusiontech Corporation
Hiroshi Watanabe
Hiroshi Watanabe Kyoto University
Mohamed Lachemi
Mohamed Lachemi Toronto Metropolitan University
Jan Drewes Achenbach
Jan Drewes Achenbach Northwestern University

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