Working area
With radar, the internal structure and the lateral moisture distribution in concrete and masonry can be investigated. Therefore, radar can be applied on modern building structures as well as on historic buildings. For further development of the radar technique, new high frequency antennas and new algorithms for data analysis and reconstruction are required. The fundamentals about the penetration of the electromagnetic waves in building structures with different geometries as well as the applicability of the method to different testing problems are investigated on a test specimen and directly on-site in field tests.
Radar investigation of the internal structure of masonry using a 1.5 GHz antenna
Fundamental research is performed among others in the Research Group FOR384 funded by the German Research Council. Here, especially the influence of reinforcement and interfaces in concrete structures is investigated.
Radar applied to historic structures including tomographic data analysis is mainly carried out in the European research project ONSITEFORMASONRY.In the frame of the European research project SMART-RAD (An innovative ground penetrating radar for buried objects detection and recognition, GIRD-CT-2001-00459) a high frequency antenna is developed for the detection of ducts and cables in the subsurface. This work is performed in close cooperation with the partners of this project.
In the frame of the European research project SMART-RAD (An innovative ground penetrating radar for buried objects detection and recognition, GIRD-CT-2001-00459) a high frequency antenna is developed for the detection of ducts and cables in the subsurface. This work is performed in close cooperation with the partners of this project.
Smaller research projects include measurement campaigns directly on-side for enhancing the area of radar application.
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