Ultrawideband linearly polarized antennas of Vivaldi type for ground penetrating radar

Author

Pochanin, G.P. ; Kaluzhny, N.M. ; Masalov, S.A. ; Pochanina, I.Ye.

Author_Institution

A.Ya.Usikova Inst. for Radiophys. & Electron., Kharkiv, Ukraine

fYear

2015

fDate

21-24 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The paper deals with the antenna system of Vivaldi type for a ground penetrating radar (GPR), which is optimized for using ultrawideband pulse signals of subnanosecond range. Results of development and experimental investigation of characteristics of the antenna and the entire GPR antenna system have experimentally demonstrated the possibility of detection and localization of subsurface cracks in asphalt. It is shown in experiments that the 0.5 cm width crack at the depth of 5 cm under the asphalt surface, creates a reflected signal with the amplitude of 0.12 V.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; ground penetrating radar; radar antennas; signal detection; ultra wideband antennas; GPR antenna system; Vivaldi type; asphalt surface; ground penetrating radar; size 0.5 cm; size 5 cm; subnanosecond range; subsurface cracks detection; subsurface cracks localization; ultrawideband linearly polarized antennas; ultrawideband pulse signals; voltage 0.12 V; Asphalt; Ground penetrating radar; Radar antennas; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; crack detection; decoupling; ground penetrating radar (GPR); impulse signal; polarization; transceiving antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Theory and Techniques (ICATT), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kharkiv

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8556-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICATT.2015.7136838

Filename

7136838