Wireless power transfer in concrete via strongly coupled magnetic resonance

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1378-1384

  Jonah, Olutola ^a   Georgakopoulos, Stavros V ^a  

^a Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; energy transmission; magnetic resonance; strong coupling; wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSORS;

CONCRETE MATERIALS; DEBYE MODELS; EMBEDDED SENSORS; ENERGY TRANSMISSION; HUMIDITY LEVELS; STRONG COUPLING; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84874897735     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2227924     Document Type: Article

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