Application of frequency selective circuits for crack detection in concrete elements

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Pour Ghaz, Mohammad ^a   Weiss, Jason ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conductive film; conductive surface; crack detection; cracking; damage detection; electrical impedance spectroscopy; equivalent circuit model; Frequency filtering; Frequency selective circuit; Restrained shrinkage cracking; Sensorstructural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE SURFACES; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; FREQUENCY FILTERING; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE CIRCUITS; RESTRAINED SHRINKAGE; SENSORSTRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

COATINGS; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSORS;

CRACK DETECTION;

EID: 80555154961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI103826     Document Type: Article

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