Title :
Impulse radar signatures of selected bridge deck structures
Author :
Chung, T. ; Carter, C.R. ; Reel, R. ; Tharmabala, T. ; Wood, D.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The application of impulse radar to probe bridge decks offers many advantages in bridge deck management including: non-destructive testing, rapid and reliable data collection, automatic data interpretation, archival record of bridge deck structure, and cost effective evaluation. In the paper, selected impulse radar waveforms collected from twenty-six different bridge decks are examined. Based on these data, a very effective feature extraction procedure has been developed to identify the conditions of the bridge decks that can be categorized into six different classes
Keywords :
feature extraction; image processing; nondestructive testing; radar applications; structural engineering; waveform analysis; archival record; automatic data interpretation; bridge deck structures; cost effective evaluation; data collection; feature extraction procedure; impulse radar signatures; impulse radar waveforms; nondestructive testing; Asphalt; Bridges; Concrete; Corrosion; Costs; Delamination; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Testing; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1993. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2416-1
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1993.332236