• DocumentCode
    2357852
  • Title

    Detection and classification of small perturbations in GPR scans of reinforced concrete bridge decks

  • Author

    Krause, Vincent ; Abdel-Qader, Ikhlas ; Abudayyeh, Osama

  • Author_Institution
    Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    6-8 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is used in this study to inspect reinforced concrete bridge decks for the presence of defects. However, many small scale defects do not produce a strong reflection. This paper models the effect of these defects as small perturbations in the expected steel rebar reflections, and proposes a system to detect and classify these perturbations.
  • Keywords
    bridges (structures); ground penetrating radar; inspection; perturbation techniques; reinforced concrete; GPR scans; ground penetrating radar; inspection; reinforced concrete bridge decks; small perturbations classification; small perturbations detection; Bridges; Concrete; Correlation; Ground penetrating radar; Noise measurement; Reflection; Slabs; Ground Penetrating Radar; Nondestructive testing; Reinforced Concrete;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electro/Information Technology (EIT), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Indianapolis, IN
  • ISSN
    2154-0357
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0819-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EIT.2012.6220722
  • Filename
    6220722