Water-to-cement ratio prediction using anns from non-destructive and contactless microwave measurements

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 94, Issue , 2009, Pages 311-325

  Hasar, U C ^a,b   Akkaya, G ^a   Aktan, M ^a   Gozu, C ^a,c   Aydin, A C ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONCRETE INDUSTRY; CONCRETE MIXTURES; DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; MIXTURES; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; MORTAR SPECIMENS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; RESEARCH PAPERS; WATER TO CEMENT (BINDER) RATIOS; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIOS;

CEMENTS;

EID: 69949103111     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09061008     Document Type: Article

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