Qualitative analysis of moisture content in cement based material using microwave non-destructive testing

Author

Gupta, Sonu Lal ; Akhter, Zubair ; Bhaskar, Manoj ; Akhtar, M.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Kanpur, Kanpur, India

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

924

Lastpage

925

Abstract

In this paper, the moisture content for cement based structures having different water to cement (w/c) ratio is carried out using the microwave free space technique. The measurement system consists of a vector network analyzer, a wide-band lens horn antenna and associated microwave components. The main focus here is to determine the loss factor or the conductivity of cement based samples, which can directly be related with the moisture content in the structure.

Keywords

broadband antennas; cements (building materials); horn antennas; lens antennas; microwave technology; network analysers; nondestructive testing; structural engineering; cement conductivity; cement-based material; cement-based structures; loss factor; microwave components; microwave free space technique; microwave nondestructive testing; moisture content; qualitative analysis; vector network analyzer; w-c ratio; water-cement ratio; wideband lens horn antenna; Indexes; Moisture; Plastics; Temperature measurement; Testing; Microwave NDT; moisture determination; permittivity estimation; time-domain reflectometer; water to cement ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6904790

Filename

6904790