Using ground penetrating radar and timefrequency analysis to characterize construction materials

NDT and E International

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-120

  Lai, W L ^a   Kind, T ^a   Wiggenhauser, H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Construction materials; Ground penetrating radar; Short time fourier transform; Timefrequency analysis

Indexed keywords

CE STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; CORROSION IN CONCRETE; FIELD SCALE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; INVERSE MODELS; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MATERIAL PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; OBJECT IDENTIFICATION; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORMS; STEEL BARS; TENDON DUCT; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; TIME FREQUENCY DOMAIN;

BARS (METAL); CIVIL ENGINEERING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METAL ANALYSIS; RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUALIZATION;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 78549293542     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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