Effect of embedded steel on electrical resistivity measurements on concrete structures

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-18

  Sengul, Ozkan ^a   Gjørv, Odd E ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Condition surveying; Corrosion; Cover depth; Electrical resistivity; Steel; Structures

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MEASUREMENTS; REINFORCEMENT; STEEL; SURVEYING;

CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CONDITION SURVEYING; CONTROLLING FACTORS; COVER DEPTH; COVER THICKNESS; CURING CONDITIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL-RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRODE SPACINGS; EMBEDDED STEELS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; PROBE SPACINGS; RATE OF CORROSIONS; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURES; TEST PROGRAMS; TEST SPECIMENS;

STEEL TESTING;

EID: 57149130813     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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