An Interferometric CW-SF Radar for Remote Testing and Monitoring Large Structures

Author

Fratini, M. ; Pieraccini, Massimiliano ; Parrini, Filippo ; Bernardini, Giulia ; Atzeni, C.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fisica, Firenze Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

138

Abstract

The authors propose to use a high speed interferometric radar equipment for static and dynamic monitoring of large structures. The equipment is a CW-SF radar with very fast hopping capability in order to sample the movements at a rate high enough to enable structural analysis to be performed. Several experimental tests have been carried out on various structures, here are presented the Cadore highway bridge (near Belluno, Italy) and the Giotto´s tower of S. Maria del Fiore (Cathedral of Firenze, Italy)

Keywords

CW radar; monitoring; radar interferometry; testing; CW-SF radar; Cadore highway bridge; continuous wave-step frequency radar; interferometric radar equipment; large structure monitoring; remote testing; Bridges; Buildings; Electronic equipment testing; Poles and towers; Radar equipment; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote monitoring; Spread spectrum radar; Vehicle dynamics; CW radar; displacement measurement; interferometry; remote sensing; spread spectrum radar; vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2006. EuRAD 2006. 3rd European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-7-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURAD.2006.280292

Filename

4058276