Nondestructive and noncontacting testing of hardened mortar specimens using a free-space method

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 484-493

  Hasar, U C ^a,b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coefficients; Microwaves; Mortars; Nondestructive tests

Indexed keywords

AGING; COEFFICIENTS; DISCRETE FREQUENCIES; FREE SPACE; FREE SPACE METHODS; FREE WATER; MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION; MORTAR SPECIMENS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; REFLECTION PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; W/C RATIO; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIOS;

CEMENTS; CURING; HARDENING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLASTER; RADIO WAVES;

MORTAR;

AGING; CEMENT; HARDENING; MORTAR; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 69249184713     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2009)21:9(484)     Document Type: Article

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