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STRUCTURAL CONCRETE MIX FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE/PULSE SHIELDING
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Faculty Publications
  • Christopher Y. Tuan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Lim Nguyen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date of this Version
6-13-2017
Citation

United States Patent, Patent No.: US 9,681,592 B2

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Public Domain.

Abstract

Conductive concrete mixtures are described that are configured to provide EMP shielding and reflect and/or absorb, for instance, EM waves propagating through the conductive concrete mixture. The conductive concrete mixtures include cement, water, conductive carbon material, magnetic material, and metallic conductive material. The conductive carbon material may include conductive carbon particles, conductive carbon powder, and/or coke breeze. The metallic conductive material may include steel fibers, and the magnetic material may include taconite. The conductive concrete mixture may also include supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). A method of making a concrete structure includes pouring a concrete mixture to form conductive concrete, and positioning a first conductive screen within the conductive concrete proximate to an exterior surface of the conductive concrete. The method also includes positioning a second conductive screen within the conductive concrete in electrical contact with the first conductive screen.

Citation Information
Christopher Y. Tuan and Lim Nguyen. "STRUCTURAL CONCRETE MIX FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE/PULSE SHIELDING" (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher_tuan/58/