Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-567-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-567-2016
Research article
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15 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 15 Dec 2016

Application of ground-penetrating radar technique to evaluate the waterfront location in hardened concrete

Isabel Rodríguez-Abad, Gilles Klysz, Rosa Martínez-Sala, Jean Paul Balayssac, and Jesús Mené-Aparicio

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Klysz, G. and Balayssac, J. P.: Determination of volumetric water content of concrete using ground-penetrating radar, Cement Concrete Res., 37, 164–117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2007.04.010, 2007.
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Martínez-Sala, R., Rodríguez-Abad, I., and Del Val, I.: Effect of penetration of water under pressure in hardened concrete on GPR signals, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2013), Nantes, France, 237–242, 2013.
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When assessing concrete structures durability, the study of the water penetration is critical, because almost all deterioration reactions require the presence of water. Due to the nondestructive nature of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technique, the objective of this study is, firstly, to assess water penetration depths in concrete from GPR wave parameters. Secondly, a procedure was developed to be able to determine, from GPR signals, the location of waterfront depths.