Simulation, modeling and application of ground penetrating radar in pavement dielectric constant and thickness measurement

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6167, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Xing, Huichun ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Chen, Xuemin ^a   Liu, C Richard ^a   Michalk, Brian ^b   Bertrand, Carl ^b   Oshinski, Ed ^b   Claros, German ^b   Chen, Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Microwave sensing; Pavement thickness; Soil moisture content

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) DETECTION; MICROWAVE SENSING; PAVEMENT THICKNESS; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 33745843682     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.660101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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