International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering
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Volume 6: Issue 2
The effect of noise on the estimation of rebar radius by inversion of GPR scan data
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Z. Mechbal Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan 93002, Morocco

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A. Khamlichi Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan 93002, Morocco

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Pages:
95–100
Online Publication Date:
Dec 2015
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2015
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/1848.2015.6.2.3
Keywords:
GPR; rebar; radius estimation; inverse problem; noise
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Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is largely used nowadays in civil engineering applications as an effective technique of structural monitoring. This paper describes a method using radargram acquired by the GPR for estimating the radius of a steel rebar buried in a concrete massif, which is assumed to be homogeneous and isotopic. Considering the forward problem under B-scan procedure, a closed form mathematical formula was derived for the hyperbola trace appearing as the diffraction pattern provided by a circular steel bar. This equation relates the observed hyperbola parameters in the obtained radargram to the characteristics of the object and those of the host medium where the object is buried. The inverse problem was solved in two steps. Using the extracted raw data in terms of the hyperbola characteristics and Hough transform, the coordinates of the peak hyperbola are identified. Then the wave speed, the rebar radius as well as the coordinates of the rebar centre are estimated by a curve fitting procedure which is based on the selection of an arbitrary set of points on the considered hyperbola. The effect of noise resulting from variations affecting the electromagnetic wave speed was assessed. The noise was assumed to be a random variable and to act additively on the actual ordinates of the hyperbola. The obtained results have shown that the estimation of the rebar radius is very sensitive to the considered level of noise. Noise impedes the retrieval of a bar radius if its magnitude exceeds 5%.

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    Shanshan CAI, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    Michele De CARLI, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Robert CERNY, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    Erdem CUCE, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey

    György CSOMÓS, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

    Tamás CSOKNYAI, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

    Anna FORMICA, IASI National Research Council, Rome, Italy

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    Ghaleb A. HUSSEINI, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    Nikolay IVANOV, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Antal JÁRAI, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

    Gudni JÓHANNESSON, The National Energy Authority of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

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    Ferenc KALMÁR, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

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    Milos KALOUSEK, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republik

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    Joaquim Norberto PIRES, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    László POKORÁDI, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary

    Roman RABENSEIFER, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republik

    Mohammad H. A. SALAH, Hashemite University, Zarqua, Jordan

    Dietrich SCHMIDT, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, Kassel, Germany

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    Radu TARCA, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania

    Zsolt TIBA, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

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    Andrea VALLATI, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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