Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. GPR Instrumentation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Design of Advanced GPR Equipment for Civil Engineering Applications

      • Guido Manacorda, Raffaele Persico, Howard F. Scott

      Pages 3-39

   3. Antennas for GPR Systems

      • Lara Pajewski, Fabio Tosti, Wolfgang Kusayanagi

      Pages 41-67

3. GPR Surveying of Pavements, Bridges, Tunnels and Buildings; Underground Utility and Void Sensing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Innovative Inspection Procedures for Effective GPR Surveying of Critical Transport Infrastructures (Pavements, Bridges and Tunnels)

      • Josef Stryk, Amir M. Alani, Radek Matula, Karel Pospisil

      Pages 71-95

   3. Inspection Procedures for Effective GPR Surveying of Buildings

      • Vega Pérez-Gracia, Mercedes Solla

      Pages 97-123

   4. Inspection Procedures for Effective GPR Sensing and Mapping of Underground Utilities and Voids, with a Focus to Urban Areas

      • Christina Plati, Xavier Dérobert

      Pages 125-145

   5. Effective GPR Inspection Procedures for Construction Materials and Structures

      • Lech Krysiński, Johannes Hugenschmidt

      Pages 147-162

   6. Determination, by Using GPR, of the Volumetric Water Content in Structures, Substructures, Foundations and Soil

      • Fabio Tosti, Evert Slob

      Pages 163-194

4. EM Methods for Near-Field Scattering Problems by Buried Structures; Data Processing Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. Methods for the Electromagnetic Forward Scattering by Buried Objects

      • Cristina Ponti

      Pages 197-217

   3. Development of Intrinsic Models for Describing Near-Field Antenna Effects, Including Antenna-Medium Coupling, for Improved Radar Data Processing Using Full-Wave Inversion

      • Anh Phuong Tran, Sébastien Lambot

      Pages 219-238

   4. GPR Imaging Via Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

      • Ilaria Catapano, Andrea Randazzo, Evert Slob, Raffaele Solimene

      Pages 239-280

   5. GPR Data Processing Techniques

      • Nikos Economou, Antonis Vafidis, Francesco Benedetto, Amir M. Alani

      Pages 281-297

5. Different Applications of GPR and Other NDT Technologies in CE

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299

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   2. Applications of GPR for Humanitarian Assistance and Security

      • Xavier Núñez-Nieto, Mercedes Solla, Henrique Lorenzo

      Pages 301-326

   3. Applications of GPR in Association with Other Non-destructive Testing Methods in Surveying of Transport Infrastructures

      • Mercedes Solla, Henrique Lorenzo, Joaquin Martínez-Sánchez, Vega Pérez-Gracia

      Pages 327-342

   4. Advanced Electric and Electromagnetic Methods for the Characterization of Soil

      • Marc Van Meirvenne

      Pages 343-359

   5. Applications of Radar Systems in Planetary Sciences: An Overview

      • Fabio Tosti, Lara Pajewski

      Pages 361-371

This book, based on Transport and Urban Development COST Action TU1208, presents the most advanced applications of ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a civil engineering context, with documentation of instrumentation, methods and results. It explains clearly how GPR can be employed for the surveying of critical transport infrastructure, such as roads, pavements, bridges and tunnels and for the sensing and mapping of underground utilities and voids. Detailed attention is also devoted to use of GPR in the inspection of geological structures and of construction materials and structures, including reinforced concrete, steel reinforcing bars and pre/post-tensioned stressing ducts. Advanced methods for solution of electromagnetic scattering problems and new data processing techniques are also presented. Readers will come to appreciate that GPR is a safe, advanced, non destructive and noninvasive imaging technique that can be effectively used for the inspection of composite structures and the performance of diagnostics relevant to the entire life cycle of civil engineering works.

• COST Action TU1208
• Cultural Heritage Diagnostics
• Data Processing Techniques
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Ground Penetrating Radar
• Near-Field Scattering Problems
• Non-Destructive Testing
• Surveying of Transport Infrastructures
• Transport and Urban Development

• Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

  Andrea Benedetto, Lara Pajewski

Andrea Benedetto is Associate Professor of Roads, Railways and Airports at the Department of Engineering of Roma Tre University, Italy.

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