Applied Microwave
Nondestructive Testing
Laboratory (amntl)
210 Engineering Research
Laboratory
500 W. 16th St.
Rolla, MO 65409-0040
(573)-341-4728
Material Characterization:
Mubarak, K., K.J. Bois and R. Zoughi, "A simple, Robust
and On-Site Microwave Technique for Determining Water-to-Cement (w/c) Ratio of
fresh Portland Cement-Based Materials," IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 1255-1263, October
2001.
- Bois, K., A. Benally and R.
Zoughi, "Near-Field Microwave Non-Invasive Determination of NaCl in
Mortar," IEE proceedings - Science, Measurement and Technology, Special
Issue on Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation, vol. 148, no. 4, pp. 178-182,
July 2001.
- Handjojo, L., K.J. Bois, J.
Bauer, R. Hamilton and R. Zoughi, "Broad-Band Microwave Dielectric
Property Characterization of Various Glass Specimens," Nondestructive
Testing & Evaluation, 2000.
- Bois, K., A. Benally and R.
Zoughi, "Microwave Near-Field Reflection Property Analysis of Concrete
for Material Content Determination," IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 49-55, February
2000.
- Bois, K, L. Handjojo, A.
Benally, K. Mubarak and R. Zoughi, "Dielectric Plug-Loaded Two-Port
Transmission Line Measurement Technique for Dielectric Property
Characterization of Granular and Liquid Materials," IEEE Transactions
on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 1141-1148, December
1999.
- Bois, K., A. Benally and R.
Zoughi, "An Exact MultiMode Solution for the Reflection Properties of an
Open-Ended Rectangular Waveguide Radiating into a Dielectric Half-Space:
Forward and Inverse Problems," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and
Measurement, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 1131-1140, December 1999.
- Bois, K.J., A.D. Benally, P.S.
Nowak and R. Zoughi, "Cure-State Monitoring and Water-to-Cement Ratio
Determination of Fresh Portland Cement Based Materials Using Near Field
Microwave Techniques," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and
Measurement, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 628-637, June 1998.
- Qaddoumi, N. and R. Zoughi,
"Preliminary Study of the Influences of Effective Dielectric Constant
and Non-Uniform Probe Aperture Field Distribution on Near-Field Microwave
Images," Materials Evaluation, vol. 55, no. 10, pp. 1169-1173, October,
1997.
- Bois, K., A. Benally, P.S. Nowak
and R. Zoughi, "Microwave Nondestructive Determination of Sand to Cement
(s/c) Ratio in Mortar," Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 9,
no. 4, pp. 227-238, 1997.
- Qaddoumi, N., S. Ganchev and R.
Zoughi, "Microwave Diagnosis of Low Density Glass Fibers with Resin
Binder," Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 8, no. 3, pp.
177-188, 1996.
- Gray, S., S. Ganchev, N.
Qaddoumi, G. Beauregard, D. Radford and R. Zoughi, "Porosity Level
Estimation in Polymer Composites Using Microwaves," Materials
Evaluation, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 404-408, March, 1995.
- Ganchev, S., N. Qaddoumi, D.
Brandenburg, S. Bakhtiari, R. Zoughi and J. Bhattacharyya, "Microwave
Diagnosis of Rubber Compounds," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory
and Techniques, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 18-24, January, 1994.
- Ganchev, S., S. Bakhtiari and R.
Zoughi, "A Novel Numerical Technique for Dielectric Measurement of Lossy
Dielectrics," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement,
vol. IM-41, no. 3, pp. 361-365, June, 1992.
- Hughes, D. and R. Zoughi,
"A Method for Evaluating the Dielectric Properties of Composites Using a
Combined Embedded Modulated Scattering and Near-Field Microwave Nondestructive
Testing Technique," Proceedings of the IEEE Instrumentation and
Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 1882-1886, Budapest, Hungary, May 21-23,
2001.
- Hu, C., A. Benally, T. Case, R.
Zoughi and K. Kurtis, "Influence on the Near-Field Microwave Reflection
Properties of Chloride in Mortar Specimens Made of Cement Types II, III and V
at X- and S-Bands," Proceedings of the SPIE'2000 Conference, vol. 4129,
pp. 31-38, San Diego, CA, July 30-August 4, 2000.
- Hu, C., T. Case, M. Castle, R.
Zoughi and K. Kurtis, "Microwave Evaluation of Accelerated Chloride
Ingress in Mortar," Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh Annual Review of
Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 20A, pp. 467-473,
Ames, IA, July 17-21, 2000.
- Bois, K., A.D. Benally, P.S.
Nowak and R. Zoughi, "Application of Near-Field Microwave Sensing
Techniques for Aggregate Segregation Detection in Concrete Members,"
Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative
Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 19B, pp. 1717-1722, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
July 25-30, 1999.
- Benally, A.D., K.J. Bois, P.S.
Nowak and R. Zoughi, "Microwave Nondestructive Detection of Chloride in
Cement Based Materials," Proceedings of the Ninth International
Symposium on Nondestructive Characterization of Materials (Organized by Johns
Hopkins University Center for Nondestructive Evaluation), pp. 81-86, Sydney,
Australia, June 28- July 2, 1999.
- Frank, M.D., L. Handjojo, N.
Qaddoumi and R. Zoughi, "Determination of Anisotropy in Glass Fibers
Using Polarization of Microwave Fields," Proceedings of the Ninth
International Symposium on Nondestructive Characterization of Materials
(Organized by Johns Hopkins University Center for Nondestructive Evaluation),
pp. 57-62, Sydney, Australia, June 28- July 2, 1999.
- Bois, K.J., A.D. Benally, P.S.
Nowak and R. Zoughi, "Dielectric Properties of Concrete at S- and
X-Band: A Near-Field Investigation," Proceedings of the SPIE'99
Subsurface Sensors and Applications Conference, vol. 3752, pp. 12-18, Denver,
CO, July 18-23, 1999.
- Handjojo, L., K. Bois, N.
Qaddoumi and R. Zoughi, "Wide-Band Dielectric Characterization of Paint
and Rust for Detection of Corrosion Under Paint," Presented at the
National Radio Science Meeting, URSI, Boulder CO, January 5-9,
1998.
- Bois, K., A. Benally and R.
Zoughi, "Two-Port Network Analyzer Dielectric Constant Measurement of
Granular or Liquid Materials for the Study of Cement Based Materials,"
Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Nondestructive
Characterization of Materials, vol. VIII, pp. 291-296, Boulder, CO, June 15-20,
1997.
- Bois, K., R. Mirshahi and
R. Zoughi, "Dielectric Mixing Models for Cement Based
Materials," Proceedings of the Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE,
vol. 16A, pp. 657-663, Plenum Press, NY, 1997.
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