Comparison of water and saltwater movement in mortar based on a semiempirical electromagnetic model

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1218-1223

  Peer, Shanup ^a   Zoughi, Reza ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; MORTAR; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; SALINE WATER; STEEL CORROSION; STEEL STRUCTURES;

CHLORIDE; DISTILLED WATER; MICROWAVE REFLECTION PROPERTIES; MOIST SUBSTANCE; OPEN ENDED WAVEGUIDES; SEMIEMPIRICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 4043132323     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.830741     Document Type: Article

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