• DocumentCode
    1034340
  • Title

    High-speed CW step-frequency coherent radar for dynamic monitoring of civil engineering structures

  • Author

    Pieraccini, M. ; Fratini, M. ; Parrini, F. ; Macaluso, G. ; Atzeni, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of Florence, Italy
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7/8/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    907
  • Lastpage
    908
  • Abstract
    A high-speed coherent radar for dynamic testing of civil engineering structures is proposed. The radar operates a continuous-wave (CW) step-frequency in Ku-band, and the base-band signal is generated by direct digital synthesis. Vibration measurements carried out on a 200 m-long bridge forced by vehicular traffic are reported.
  • Keywords
    CW radar; direct digital synthesis; dynamic testing; vibration measurement; 200 m; Ku-band; base-band signal; civil engineering structure; continuous wave step frequency; direct digital synthesis; dynamic testing; high speed coherent radar; vehicular traffic; vibration measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20040549
  • Filename
    1315525