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Title Civil engineering applications of ground penetrating radar / Andrea Benedetto, Lara Pajewski, editors
Published Cham : Springer, 2015
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Series Springer transactions in civil and environmental engineering, 2363-7633
Springer transactions in civil and environmental engineering.
Contents Design of Advanced GPR Equipment for Civil Engineering Applications -- Antennas for GPR Systems -- Innovative inspection procedures for effective GPR surveying of critical transport infrastructures -- Inspection Procedures for Effective GPR Surveying of Buildings -- Inspection Procedures for Effective GPR Sensing and Mapping of Underground -- Effective GPR Inspection Procedures for Construction Materials and Structures -- Determination, by Using GPR, of the Volumetric Water Content in Structures, Substructures, Foundations and Soil -- Methods for the electromagnetic forward scattering by buried objects -- Development of intrinsic models for describing near-field antenna effects, including antenna-medium coupling, for improved radar data processing using full-wave inversion -- GPR imaging via qualitative and quantitative approaches -- GPR Data Processing Techniques -- Applications of GPR for Humanitarian Assistance and Security -- Applications of GPR in association with other non-destructive testing methods in surveying of transport infrastructures -- Advanced electric and electromagnetic methods for the characterization of soil -- Applications of radar systems in Planetary Sciences: an overview
Summary 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, nondestructive, 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
Analysis aardwetenschappen
earth sciences
engineering
civiele techniek
civil engineering
milieutechniek
environmental engineering
biotechnologie
biotechnology
Engineering (General)
Techniek (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 13, 2015)
Subject Ground penetrating radar.
Soil surveys -- Geophysical methods.
Geophysical instruments.
Microwave technology.
Economic geology.
Environmental science, engineering & technology.
Meteorology & climatology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
Geophysical instruments
Ground penetrating radar
Soil surveys -- Geophysical methods
Form Electronic book
Author Benedetto, Andrea, editor
Pajewski, Lara, editor
ISBN 9783319048130
3319048139
3319048120
9783319048123