Measurements of the stiffness and thickness of the pavement asphalt layer using the enhanced resonance search method.
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SUBMITTER: Zakaria NM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4168246 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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