Application of a LTCC sensor for measuring moisture content of building materials

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 327-333

  Maksimović, Mirjana ^a   Stojanović, Goran M ^b   Radovanović, Milan ^b   Malešev, Mirjana ^b   Radonjanin, Vlastimir ^b   Radosavljević, Goran ^c   Smetana, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autoclaved aerated concrete block; Clay brick; Moisture content; Sensor

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND TESTING; AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE; CLAY BRICK; CLAY BRICKS; INTERDIGITATED CAPACITORS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES; PASSIVE SENSOR; POOL WATER; RESONANT SENSORS; TEST SAMPLES;

BRICK; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETE TESTING; CONCRETES; LAKES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSORS;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

EID: 80052879942     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.06.029     Document Type: Article

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