Signal processing for optimisation of low-powered GPR data with application in transportation engineering (roads and railways)

Bianchini Ciampoli, Luca, D'Amico, Fabrizio, Calvi, Alessandro, Benedetto, Francesco and Tosti, Fabio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0291-9937 (2017) Signal processing for optimisation of low-powered GPR data with application in transportation engineering (roads and railways). In: BCRRA 2017 Tenth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, 28-30 June 2017, Athens, Greece.

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Abstract

High-frequency air-coupled ground-penetrating radar (GPR) systems are used in road engineering for achiev-ing high-resolution and fast imaging of the shallow layers of pavements. Regulatory policies on the permitted radiated power enacted by some international agencies for information and communication technologies, such as, the Federal Communications Commission operating in the United States, have led manufacturers to market low-powered GPR systems to comply with the standards.
The signal collected by these systems is more unstable than ordinary-powered GPRs, with the interpretation of the raw data being misleading or, mostly, totally subjective or even impossible. Thereby, the use of relevant signal processing techniques combined purposely within procedural schemes may help to reach reliability and effectiveness levels close to those granted by standard systems. In this study, a post-processing scheme aimed at maximising the correlation between signals collected by low-powered and standard 2 GHz antenna systems in railway and road surveys is presented.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
ISBN: 9781138295957
Identifier: 10.1201/9781315100333-223
Page Range: pp. 1553-1557
Identifier: 10.1201/9781315100333-223
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by CRC Press in Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (BCRRA 2017) on 12 June 2017, available online: https://www.crcpress.com/Bearing-Capacity-of-Roads-Railways-and-Airfields-Proceedings-of-the-10th/Loizos-Al-Qadi-Scarpas/p/book/9781138295957.
Keywords: Ground-penetrating radar (GPR); signal processing: highways investigation; railways investigation
Subjects: Construction and engineering > Digital signal processing
Construction and engineering > Electrical and electronic engineering
Construction and engineering > Civil and structural engineering
Depositing User: Fabio Tosti
Date Deposited: 31 Jan 2017 13:35
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2021 07:07
URI: https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/3072

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