Accuracy of ground penetrating radar horn-antenna technique for sensing pavement subsurface

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 842-850

  Loizos, Andreas ^a   Plati, Christina ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air coupled horn antennas; Asphalt layer; Asphalt pavement; Dielectric values; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Thickness

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PERMITTIVITY;

AIR COUPLED HORN ANTENNAS; ASPHALT LAYERS; INTELLIGENT SENSORS;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 34247273090     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.894152     Document Type: Article

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