A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices
The non-destructive testing and diagnosis of transport infrastructures is essential because of the need to protect these facilities for mobility, and for economic and social development. The effective and timely assessment of structural health conditions becomes crucial in order to assure the safety...
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| description | The non-destructive testing and diagnosis of transport infrastructures is essential because of the need to protect these facilities for mobility, and for economic and social development. The effective and timely assessment of structural health conditions becomes crucial in order to assure the safety of the transportation system and time saver protocols, as well as to reduce excessive repair and maintenance costs. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is one of the most recommended non-destructive methods for routine subsurface inspections. This paper focuses on the on-site use of GPR applied to transport infrastructures, namely pavements, railways, retaining walls, bridges and tunnels. The methodologies, advantages and disadvantages, along with up-to-date research results on GPR in infrastructure inspection are presented herein. Hence, through the review of the published literature, the potential of using GPR is demonstrated, while the main limitations of the method are discussed and some practical recommendations are made. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78618dd1b4a3492ebd2ff12fad6976722023-12-11T16:57:14ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922021-02-0113467210.3390/rs13040672A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best PracticesMercedes Solla0Vega Pérez-Gracia1Simona Fontul2CINTECX, GeoTECH research group, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainDepartment of Strength of Materials and Structural Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Diagonal Besós, Barcelona East School of Engineering, EEBE, Av. Eduard Maristany, 16, 08019 Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Transportation, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering—LNEC, 1700-066 Lisbon, PortugalThe non-destructive testing and diagnosis of transport infrastructures is essential because of the need to protect these facilities for mobility, and for economic and social development. The effective and timely assessment of structural health conditions becomes crucial in order to assure the safety of the transportation system and time saver protocols, as well as to reduce excessive repair and maintenance costs. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is one of the most recommended non-destructive methods for routine subsurface inspections. This paper focuses on the on-site use of GPR applied to transport infrastructures, namely pavements, railways, retaining walls, bridges and tunnels. The methodologies, advantages and disadvantages, along with up-to-date research results on GPR in infrastructure inspection are presented herein. Hence, through the review of the published literature, the potential of using GPR is demonstrated, while the main limitations of the method are discussed and some practical recommendations are made.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/4/672ground penetrating radarinspectionpavementsrailwaysbridgestunnels |
| spellingShingle | Mercedes Solla Vega Pérez-Gracia Simona Fontul A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices Remote Sensing ground penetrating radar inspection pavements railways bridges tunnels |
| title | A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices |
| title_full | A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices |
| title_fullStr | A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices |
| title_short | A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices |
| title_sort | review of gpr application on transport infrastructures troubleshooting and best practices |
| topic | ground penetrating radar inspection pavements railways bridges tunnels |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/4/672 |
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