Coplanar capacitance sensors for detecting water intrusion in composite structures

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Nassr, Amr A ^a   Ahmed, Wael H ^b   El Dakhakhni, Wael W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacitance sensor; Composite material; Water intrusion

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONCRETE TESTING; CONCRETES; DEFECTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; DURABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MERCURY (METAL); NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CAPACITANCE SENSORS; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC SIGNATURE; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; LONG TERM DURABILITY; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES; WATER INTRUSIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 46749132310     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/7/075702     Document Type: Article

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