A methodology for determining complex permittivity of construction materials based on transmission-only coherent, wide-bandwidth free-space measurements

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-359

  Büyüköztürk, Oral ^a   Yu, Tzu Yang ^a   Ortega, Jose Alberto ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex permittivity; Parametric system identification; Radar; Time difference of arrival; Transmission coefficient

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PARAMETRIC DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; PARAMETRIC SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION (PSI); TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 33748701215     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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