• DocumentCode
    2669039
  • Title

    Reflectometer Apparatus for rapid determination of water-cement ratio

  • Author

    Ali, N.T. ; Mubarak, K. ; McEwan, Neil ; Mezher, K.A. ; Kulaib, A. ; Al-Zarouni, Ao

  • Author_Institution
    Khalifa Univ., Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-15 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1061
  • Lastpage
    1063
  • Abstract
    A practical, portable, durable and mobile Reflectometer Apparatus for determination of fresh concrete water-cement ratio is designed and constructed. The water can be pure or saline. The device is developed for real-time and field measurements using a few microwave components and a monopole antenna probe.
  • Keywords
    cements (building materials); concrete; monopole antennas; reflectometers; water; concrete; monopole antenna probe; reflectometer apparatus; water-cement ratio rapid determination; Detectors; Mobile communication; microwave measurements; water dielectric; water-cement ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), 2010 17th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8155-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2010.5724698
  • Filename
    5724698