Concrete moisture content measurement using interdigitated near-field sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1243-1248

  Alam, Md Nazmul ^a   Bhuiyan, Rashed H ^a   Dougal, Roger A ^a   Ali, Mohammod ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Interdigitated sensor; Moisture sensor

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SAMPLES; INTERELECTRODES; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MOISTURE CONTENT MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE SENSOR; MOISTURE SENSORS; NEAR-FIELD;

CAPACITANCE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SENSORS;

EID: 77953092306     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2040175     Document Type: Article

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