Title :
Subsurface radar examination of an airstrip
Author :
Chapursky, V.V. ; Ivashov, S.I. ; Razevig, V.V. ; Sheyko, A.P. ; Vasilyev, I.A. ; Pomozov, V.V. ; Semeikin, N.P. ; Desmond, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Remote Sensing Lab. Ltd., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
The increasing intensity of air traffic and growing take-off mass of passenger and cargo civil airplanes leads to the growth of a loading on airstrips, taxiways and aircraft parking places of airports. It results in an increased wear of concrete pavement and requires a continuous monitoring of their state and supporting power with the object of ensuring the flight safety. Subsurface radar can be used as one of the means for non-destructive testing of a reinforced concrete airfield. Taking into account large areas of airfield pavements and their constructive features, the carrying out of these jobs will probably require the creation of dedicated equipment and software.
Keywords :
airports; concrete; crack detection; nondestructive testing; radar applications; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; GPR data; air traffic; aircraft parking places; airfield pavement defects detection; airports; airstrip; civil airplanes; concrete pavement wear; cracks; delaminations; flight safety; ground penetrating radar; image processing; nondestructive testing; radar image; software; subsurface radar examination; synthetic aperture technique; taxiways; voids; Concrete; Ground penetrating radar; Imaging phantoms; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Slabs; Space technology; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra Wideband Systems and Technologies, 2002. Digest of Papers. 2002 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7496-7
DOI :
10.1109/UWBST.2002.1006343