METHOD AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ASSESSMENT
First Claim
1. A method comprising;
- providing an electrical measurement system for measuring an electrical characteristic of a concrete structure;
providing at least one beacon of a plurality of beacons, each beacon including a predetermined portion of a transceiver providing pulses of a predetermined format;
providing a global positioning system to provide a global position;
determining at least a relative location of a plurality of relative locations, each relative location being that of the electrical measurement system relative to a predetermined subset of the plurality of beacons; and
storing measurements of the electrical characteristic together with the plurality of relative locations and the global position.
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Abstract
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bridges, buildings etc. and hundreds of billions of tons of concrete require characterization throughout the process from manufacture to pouring and curing and on throughout service life. The characterization may relate to initial concrete properties, projected concrete properties, framework removal, corrosion, failure etc. Accordingly, a variety of measurements such as water content, electrical resistivity, and half-cell corrosion potential for example would be beneficially implemented as easy to use field test equipment or embedded sensors allowing lifetime monitoring to be performed rather than discrete assessments when issues become evident.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising;
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providing an electrical measurement system for measuring an electrical characteristic of a concrete structure; providing at least one beacon of a plurality of beacons, each beacon including a predetermined portion of a transceiver providing pulses of a predetermined format; providing a global positioning system to provide a global position; determining at least a relative location of a plurality of relative locations, each relative location being that of the electrical measurement system relative to a predetermined subset of the plurality of beacons; and storing measurements of the electrical characteristic together with the plurality of relative locations and the global position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising;
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an electrical measurement system for measuring an electrical characteristic of a concrete structure under control of a microprocessor; at least one beacon of a plurality of beacons, each beacon including a predetermined portion of a transceiver providing pulses of a predetermined format; a global positioning receiver to provide a global position; and the microprocessor for determining at least a relative location of a plurality of relative locations, each relative location being that of the electrical measurement system relative to a predetermined subset of the plurality of beacons and storing measurements of the electrical characteristic together with the plurality of relative locations and the global position within a memory. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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