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 …

Using ground penetrating radar methods to investigate reinforced concrete structures

F Tosti, C Ferrante - Surveys in Geophysics, 2020 - Springer
This paper provides an overview of the existing literature on the subject of ground
penetrating radar (GPR) methods for the investigation of reinforced concrete structures. An …

Improved detection of buried elongated targets by dual-polarization GPR

H Liu, F Ding, J Li, X Meng, C Liu… - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has been widely applied to the detection and delineation of
buried targets in the subsurface. Compared with conventional single-channel GPR …

GPR imaging criteria

TXH Luo, WWL Lai, RKW Chang… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
GPR has been widely acknowledged as an effective and efficient technique for imaging the
subsurface. But the process of constructing 3D GPR images (C-scans) is still subjective and …

Corrosion assessment using ground penetrating radar in reinforced concrete structures: Influential factors and analysis methods

N Faris, T Zayed, EM Abdelkader, A Fares - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforcement corrosion is a common cause of damage in concrete structures, resulting in
cracking and spalling of the surrounding concrete. Recently, ground penetrating radar …

Lab non destructive test to analyze the effect of corrosion on ground penetrating radar scans

V Sossa, V Pérez-Gracia, R González-Drigo… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Corrosion is a significant damage in many reinforced concrete structures, mainly in coastal
areas. The oxidation of embedded iron or steel elements degrades rebar, producing a …

GPR signature detection and decomposition for mapping buried utilities with complex spatial configuration

C Yuan, S Li, H Cai, VR Kamat - Journal of Computing in Civil …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The information of exact locations of underground utilities is an essential piece of evidence
for preventing utility strikes in excavation work. Ground penetrating radar (GPR), which has …

Simultaneous estimation of rebar diameter and cover thickness by a GPR-EMI dual sensor

F Zhou, Z Chen, H Liu, J Cui, BF Spencer, G Fang - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Precise characterization of reinforcing bars (rebars) in a concrete structure is of significant
importance for construction quality control and post-disaster safety evaluation. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Applicability of GPR and a rebar detector to obtain rebar information of existing concrete structures

H Rathod, S Debeck, R Gupta, B Chow - Case Studies in Construction …, 2019 - Elsevier
Much of Canada's existing infrastructure was constructed during 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
These include all transportation infrastructures such as bridges, highways, tunnels, etc. It is …

Accuracy of eddy-current and radar methods used in reinforcement detection

Ł Drobiec, R Jasiński, W Mazur - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
This article presents results from non-destructive testing (NDT) that referred to the location
and diameter or rebars in beam and slab members. The aim of paper was to demonstrate …