Procedure to interpret electrical conductivity measurements in cover concrete during rewetting

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 586-594

  Rajabipour, Farshad ^a   Weiss, Jason ^a   Shane, John D ^b   Mason, Thomas O ^b   Shah, Surendra P ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete durability; Electrical conductivity; Electrical measurement; Finite element method; Sorption

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DURABILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOISTURE; WATER ABSORPTION; WETTING;

CONCRETE DURABILITY; COVER CONCRETE;

CONCRETES;

CONCRETE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; WETTING;

EID: 26444603962     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2005)17:5(586)     Document Type: Article

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