/technologies/sensor-technology/b/blog/posts/steelquad-steel-quality-sensing-device-mould-design-week-3The mould will be used for casting concrete. For this project I will use 2 mould sizes; 2” dia. and 4” dia. with a height of 5”. Rebar samples will have 6” in length. Concrete will be poured into the mould with a rebar (steel) in the middle. Inductanen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/sensor-technology/b/blog/posts/steelquad-steel-quality-sensing-device-mould-design-week-3Sat, 24 May 2014 19:37:50 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d14a1795-0060-4ece-b656-8d2e672b3fecDAB1<p>Have you considered just making a bunch of 1-inch concrete slabs so that you could put different sizes of rebar under them to get a better measurement on depth/steel volume needed to get good readings?</p><p>If you just pour the concrete over the rebar, you might get closer to your &quot;real world&quot; requirement, but then you have just one measurement.</p><p>If you make a series of test components, then you can check on the sensitivity variations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You also might want to use different concrete mixes to see if they also play a part in your measurements.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17774&AppID=17&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">