Determining the location of buried plastic water pipes from measurements of ground surface vibration

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-61

  Muggleton, J M ^a   Brennan, M J ^a   Gao, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buried pipes; Detection location; Fluid filled; Ground vibration; Phase measurements

Indexed keywords

BURIED PIPES; BURIED UTILITIES; CONTOUR PLOT; EXCITATION POINTS; FLUID-FILLED; FREQUENCY RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; GROUND SURFACES; GROUND VIBRATION; LOW FREQUENCY; MULTI SENSOR; PHASE GRADIENT; PLASTIC WATER PIPES; VIBROACOUSTICS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PHASE MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; WATER PIPELINES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

PIPE;

ACOUSTICS; BURIED STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; PHASE VELOCITY; PIPELINE; VIBRATION;

EID: 79960657032     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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