Performance of cement-based sensors with CNT for strain sensing

Advances in Cement Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 274-284

  Camacho Ballesta, Carmen ^a   Zornoza, Emilio ^a   Garcés, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORTLAND CEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; YARN;

CHEMICAL DISPERSION; EFFECTIVE DISPERSION; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; LIGHT-SCATTERING PARTICLES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; PERFORMANCE OF CEMENT; PORTLAND CEMENT PASTE; VOLUME ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY;

CEMENTS;

EID: 84961258693     PISSN: 09517197     EISSN: 17517605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/adcr.14.00120     Document Type: Article

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