A review of Ground Penetrating Radar application in civil engineering: A 30-year journey from Locating and Testing to Imaging and Diagnosis

WWL Lai, X Derobert, P Annan - Ndt & E International, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) conference in Hong Kong year 2016 marked
the 30th anniversary of the initial meeting in Tifton, Georgia, USA on 1986. The conference …

Nondestructive test methods for concrete bridges: A review

SKU Rehman, Z Ibrahim, SA Memon… - Construction and building …, 2016 - Elsevier
NDT methods applicable to concrete bridges are reviewed. The methodology, advantages
and disadvantages along with up to date research on NDT methods are presented. Different …

Detection of concealed cracks from ground penetrating radar images based on deep learning algorithm

S Li, X Gu, X Xu, D Xu, T Zhang, Z Liu… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Detecting concealed cracks in asphalt pavement has been a challenging task due to the
nonvisibility of the location of these cracks. This study proposes an effective method to …

Recognition, location, measurement, and 3D reconstruction of concealed cracks using convolutional neural networks

Z Tong, J Gao, H Zhang - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Concealed cracks in asphalt pavement are the cracks that originate below the surface of the
pavement. These cracks are a major contributing factor to pavement damage, in addition to …

GPR laboratory tests and numerical models to characterize cracks in cement concrete specimens, exemplifying damage in rigid pavement

MA Rasol, V Pérez-Gracia, FM Fernandes, JC Pais… - Measurement, 2020 - Elsevier
Cracks in road pavements are usual damages because of heavy and dense traffic. Cracks
usually are hidden to visual inspections in the case of rigid pavements. In these cases …

Application of nondestructive testing technology in quality evaluation of plain concrete and RC structures in bridge engineering: A review

Y Zheng, S Wang, P Zhang, T Xu, J Zhuo - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development and application of nondestructive testing technology for prestressed
reinforced concrete structures in the field of infrastructure construction were summarized in …

Condition assessment of concrete-made structures using ground penetrating radar

M Alsharqawi, T Dawood, S Abdelkhalek… - Automation in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The condition assessment of civil engineering concrete-made structures has been a
prevalent research area over the last thirty years as a result of concrete deterioration …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of remote-sensing techniques for the preventive conservation of Paleolithic cave art in the karst of the Altamira cave

V Bayarri, A Prada, F García, LM Díaz-González… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rock art offers traces of our most remote past and was made with mineral and organic
substances in shelters, walls, or the ceilings of caves. As it is notably fragile, it is fortunate …

Rapid detection methods for asphalt pavement thicknesses and defects by a vehicle-mounted ground penetrating radar (GPR) system

Z Dong, S Ye, Y Gao, G Fang, X Zhang, Z Xue, T Zhang - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
The thickness estimation of the top surface layer and surface layer, as well as the detection
of road defects, are of great importance to the quality conditions of asphalt pavement …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the impact of parameters of chloride-induced reinforcement corrosion on the GPR signal

K Tesic, A Baricevic, M Serdar, N Gucunski - Construction and building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sensitivity of the high-frequency ground penetrating radar (GPR) signal to changes
within the reinforced concrete (RC) makes it a valuable tool for corrosion assessment of RC …