Perturbation mapping of water leak in buried water pipes via laboratory validation experiments with high-frequency ground penetrating radar (GPR)

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 157-167

  Lai, Wallace W L ^a   Chang, Ray K W ^a   Sham, Janet F C ^a   Pang, K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Water leak; Water perturbation patterns

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IMAGE MATCHING; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LEAKAGE (FLUID); OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; WATER INJECTION; WATER PIPELINES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

ABSORPTION MECHANISMS; CONTROLLED WATERS; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PERTURBATION PATTERNS; WATER LEAKS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 84949882989     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2015.10.017     Document Type: Article

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