High-frequency radar antennas for resolution enhancement of concrete structure images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3827, Issue , 1999, Pages 96-103

  Goettel, Roland ^a   Moenich, Gerhard ^b   Maierhofer, Christiane ^c  

^a HOCHTIEF Construction AG   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Civil engineering; Concrete structures; Non destructive testing; Prestressed concrete; Radar; Reinforcement; Tendon duct

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADAR IMAGING;

ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS; COMPARISON MEASUREMENT; CONCRETE SPECIMENS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 4243833788     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.361006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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