Electrical resistivity measurements for quality control during concrete construction

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-547

  Sengul, Ozkan ^a   Gjørv, Odd E ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chloride diffusivity; Electrical resistivity; Four electrode method; Quality control; Two electrode method; Wenner method

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE TESTING; CONCRETES; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DIFFUSION; DURABILITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROLYSIS; MOISTURE CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TESTING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHLORIDE DIFFUSIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FOUR-ELECTRODE METHOD; TWO-ELECTRODE METHOD; WENNER METHOD;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 57149136968     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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