Microwave near-field reflection property analysis of concrete for material content determination

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-55

  Bois, Karl J ^a,b   Benally, Aaron D ^c   Zoughi, Reza ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CORRELATION METHODS; CURING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MICROWAVES; MIXTURES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POROSITY; SAND;

MICROWAVE NEAR FIELD REFLECTION;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0033747126     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.836308     Document Type: Article

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