Antipodal Vivaldi Antennas for Microwave Imaging of Construction Materials and Structures

• Main Author: Moosazadeh, Mahdi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Building materials.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Materials science.; Structural materials.; Building Materials.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Structural Materials.

The research described here develops and applies novel, ultra-wideband (UWB) antipodal Vivaldi antennas for high-resolution detection of defects and damages in composite construction materials and structures using their microwave and millimeter wave imaging. The author examines the challenges of app...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Literature review
• Chapter 3. Small UWB antipodal Vivaldi antenna with improved radiation characteristics for microwave and millimetre wave imaging applications
• Chapter 4. Microwave and millimetre wave antipodal Vivaldi antenna with periodic slit edge technique and the trapezoid shaped dielectric lens for imaging of concrete-based composite materials
• Chapter 5. Antipodal Vivaldi antenna with regular triangular-shaped slits for microwave imaging of concrete materials and structures
• Chapter 6. Miniaturised antipodal Vivaldi antenna and its application for detection of void inside concrete specimens
• Chapter 7. Comb-shaped slits antipodal Vivaldi antenna and its application detection of void inside concrete specimens
• Chapter 8. Conclusion and suggestions for future work.