Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar

PhD Course

Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar

Pisa (Italy)
22nd September 2014
Teacher(s):  Prof. Amir Alani, Prof. Xavier Derobert, Prof. Antonis Giannopoulos, Prof. Sebastien Lambot, Prof. Massimo Losa, Dr. Guido Manacorda, Prof. Andrea Massa, Dr Lara Pajewski, Dr. Cristina Ponti, Prof. Giuseppe Schettini, Prof. Jan Van der Kruk

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a safe, advanced, non-destructive and noninvasive imaging technique for the inspection of composite structures and diagnostics affecting the whole life-cycle of civil engineering works. The course will introduce the main electromagnetic techniques useful for the modeling of complex GPR scenarios, for a better understanding of GPR measuremtens. The main applications of GPR in the frame of Civil Engineering will be focused, as the inspection of roads, bridges, as well as buildings’ survey. Operational principles of GPR will be shown, with a focus to inverse scattering and imaging techniques, as well as through a visit to a GPR training Laboratory. An original study or design contribution will be proposed to trainees.

Course Contents
• Electromagnetic modeling of GPR scenarios
• Applications of GPR technique in Civil Engineering
• Use of GPR technique for detection of the water content
• Inverse Scattering technique applied to GPR problems
• Visit to a training Laboratory

Speakers
Prof. Amir Alani
Prof. Xavier Derobert
Prof. Antonis Giannopoulos
Prof. Sebastien Lambot
Prof. Massimo Losa
Dr. Guido Manacorda
Prof. Andrea Massa
Dr Lara Pajewski
Dr. Cristina Ponti
Prof. Giuseppe Schettini
Prof. Jan Van der Kruk

From: 2014-09-22 09:00
To: 2014-09-25 18:00

More Info: Training_School_COST_TU1208.pdf