Semiempirical electromagnetic modeling of crack detection and sizing in cement-based materials using near-field microwave methods

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 588-597

  Nadakuduti, Jagadish ^a,b   Chen, Genda ^a   Zoughi, Reza ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b Kyocera Wireless Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Crack; Microwaves; Nondestructive testing; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MICROWAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

CRACK DETECTION AND SIZING; NEAR-FIELD MICROWAVE METHODS; SEMIEMPIRICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 33645295242     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.870132     Document Type: Article

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