GPR data collection and processing strategies for railway ballast evaluation

Bianchini Ciampoli, Luca, Calvi, Alessandro, D'Amico, Fabrizio and Tosti, Fabio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0291-9937 (2020) GPR data collection and processing strategies for railway ballast evaluation. In: 2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP), 07-09 July 2020, Milan, Italy.

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Abstract

Railways are important assets requiring continuous and effective monitoring. Within this context, non-destructive testing (NDT) methods are gaining momentum including, amongst others, the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technique. GPR has proven its viability at providing effective condition-based assessment of railway ballast and identifying several different sources of decay. In this paper, the main challenges related to the data collection and processing stages for railway ballast investigations are reported. In addition, a review of main survey protocols and data processing strategies, including state-of-the-art research in this area of endeavor is presented, in terms of the issues related to the configuration of the track-bed structure (i.e., the effects of rails and sleepers on the signal) and the main inspection targets (i.e., ballast fouling, water content and segregation of the aggregates).

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
ISBN: 9781728163772
Identifier: 10.1109/tsp49548.2020.9163588
Page Range: pp. 426-429
Identifier: 10.1109/tsp49548.2020.9163588
Additional Information: L. B. Ciampoli, A. Calvi, F. D’Amico and F. Tostif, "GPR Data Collection and Processing Strategies for Railway Ballast Evaluation," 2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP), Milan, Italy, 2020, pp. 426-429, doi: 10.1109/TSP49548.2020.9163588.
Keywords: GPR; railway monitoring; ballast decay; data processing; railway maintenance
Subjects: Construction and engineering > Civil and environmental engineering
Construction and engineering > Digital signal processing
Construction and engineering > Electrical and electronic engineering
Construction and engineering > Civil and structural engineering
Construction and engineering
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Depositing User: Fabio Tosti
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2020 16:58
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2021 07:13
URI: https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/7169

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