Use of electrical impedance spectroscopy and conductive surface films to detect cracking and damage in cement based materials

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 292 SP, 2011, Pages 31-46

  Pour Ghaz, Mohammad ^a   Niemuth, Mark ^b   Weiss, Jason ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Conductive thin film; Crack detection; Damage detection; Electrical impedance spectroscopy; Frequency selective circuit; Ring test; Sensor; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CONCRETES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; THIN FILMS;

CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CONDUCTIVE SURFACES; CONDUCTIVE THIN FILMS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE CIRCUITS; RING TEST;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 84904255889     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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