Location of steel reinforcement in concrete using ground penetrating radar and neural networks

NDT and E International

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-212

  Shaw, M R ^a   Millard, S G ^b   Molyneaux, T C K ^c   Taylor, M J ^b   Bungey, J H ^b  

^a Comtech House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Multi layer perceptron; Neural network; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STEEL;

EMBEDDED STEEL REINFORCEMENTS; HYPERBOLIC IMAGE; MULTI-LAYER PERCEPTRONS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE ASSESMENT METHODS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 12344282175     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2004.06.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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