A new tool for the retrieval of effective permittivity of ground by using a commercial GPR

Author

Ramaccia, D. ; Guattari, C. ; Bilotti, Filiberto ; Toscano, Alessandro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., “Roma Tre” Univ., Rome, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

1148

Lastpage

1149

Abstract

We propose a fast and effective method for estimating the dielectric permittivity of pavement materials. The method is based on a transmission-line analytical model of the ground and on the use of a commercial ground penetrating radar (GPR) system. In order to verify its reliability and effectiveness, we apply the method for retrieving material permittivity of an actual airport taxiway pavement. We estimate the permittivity comparing the measured GPR received signal and the analytical one. The correct permittivity values are found by imposing the maximum correlation between the measured GPR signal and the analytical one.

Keywords

ground penetrating radar; permittivity measurement; remote sensing by radar; roads; GPR signal; actual airport taxiway pavement; dielectric permittivity; effective permittivity; ground penetrating radar system; material permittivity; pavement materials; transmission-line analytical model; Airports; Analytical models; Antenna measurements; Ground penetrating radar; Materials; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711234

Filename

6711234