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Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar

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Editors:
  1. Andrea Benedetto

    1. Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

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  2. Lara Pajewski

    1. Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

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  • Describes the most up-to-date applications of ground penetrating radar in civil engineering
  • Enables the reader to gain knowledge quickly and to apply it to specific sectors
  • Identifies the limits and points of weakness of the technology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  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 KrysiÅ„ski, 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
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Andrea Benedetto, Lara Pajewski

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

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