Fig. 12From: Use of Higher-Harmonic and Intermodulation Generation of Ultrasonic Waves to Detecting Cracks due to Steel Corrosion in Reinforced Cement MortarEvolution of the parameters Bn and Bpn, normalized to their initial values (t = 0), during the tests of the three reinforced cement mortar specimens (transducer emitter excited with 180 V). The dotted horizontal line represents the arbitrary threshold considered as indicative of a critical increase of the non-linear elastic features, see text for details.Back to article page