Permittivity determination of fresh cement-based materials by an open-ended waveguide probe using amplitude-only measurements

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 97, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-43

  Hasar, U C ^a,b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; PERMITTIVITY; PROBES;

AMPLITUDE-ONLY MEASUREMENT; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY DETERMINATION; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; MATERIAL INTERACTIONS; OPEN ENDED WAVEGUIDES; REFLECTED SIGNAL; REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 70350686267     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09071409     Document Type: Article

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