Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Benedetto, Andrea (Editor), Pajewski, Lara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geotechnical engineering.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

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...

Table of 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.