Ground penetrating radar for monitoring of English roads

The Highways Agency is increasingly deploying Ground Penetrating Radar to monitor road construction and sub-surface defects on the English motorway and all purpose trunk road network because the tool is non destructive and capable of operating at normal traffic speeds. This paper reviews the development of GPR as a road surveying tool in England and includes research undertaken by TRL, on behalf of the HA, to monitor and validate this process and to provide advice to HA Agent Authorities on the commissioning of GPR surveys. During this research new road applications for the tool were identified and some of these are now being developed. The paper concludes with suggestions for future work to improve the performance of GPR in monitoring roads at normal traffic speed. (A)

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• Authors:
  • FOREST, R
  • PYNN, J
  • ALANI, A
  • FERNE, B
• Publication Date: 2004-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 17-40
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING AND ASPHALT TECHNOLOGY
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Liverpool John Moores University
  • ISSN: 1464-8164

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Freeways; High speed ground transportation; Nondestructive tests; Pavements; Radar; Surveillance; Test procedures
• ITRD Terms: 1163: High speed; 2748: Main road; 2752: Motorway; 6216: Non destructive testing; 2955: Pavement; 6738: Radar; 9101: Surveillance; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Construction; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Railroads; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01012320
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 20 2005 3:24PM