A simple, robust, and on-site microwave technique for determining water-to-cement ratio (w/c) of fresh Portland cement-based materials

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1255-1263

  Mubarak, Khalid ^b   Bois, Karl J ^c   Zoughi, Reza ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

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

^c HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Concrete; Fresh water to cement ratio (w c); Microwave testing; Monopole antennas

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE TESTING; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; NEAR FIELD MICROWAVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIO;

DESIGN; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OPTIMIZATION; PORTLAND CEMENT; REFLECTOMETERS; WATER;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0035483117     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.963194     Document Type: Article

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