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A Ground Penetrating Radar Detection of Buried Cavities and Pipes and Development of an Image Processing Program

지반 공동 및 매립관의 지반 투과 레이더 탐사 및 이미지 처리 프로그램 개발

  • Lee, Hyun-Ho (Department of Architecture & Fire Service Administration, Dongyang University)
  • 이현호 (동양대학교 건축소방행정학과)
  • Received : 2017.06.01
  • Accepted : 2017.06.20
  • Published : 2017.06.30

Abstract

Many ground subsidence accidents have happened in Korea. The accident was caused by the subsidence and leakage of the deteriorated sewage pipe. This study aims to establish the empirical data of the ground penetration radar(GPR) detection for ground subsidence. A test bed was also manufactured for the same purpose. The GPR detection variables are embedment depth and horizontal distance of embedded cast iron pipe and expanded polystyrene(EPS). From the detection results, the EPS embedded by a depth of 1.5m was difficult for detection. The EPS closely embedded to the cast iron pipe within a 0.5m distance had a very strong cast iron pipe signal. Therefore, the detection was impossible. This study developed an image processing program, called the GPR image processing program(GPRiPP), to process the GPR detection results. Its major function is the gain function, which amplifies the wiggle wave signal. Compared to the existing programs, the GPRiPP is capable of showing a similar image processing performance.

최근 한국에서는 많은 지반 침하 사고가 발생하고 있는데, 이는 상하수의 누수 및 손상된 하수관에 기인한 것이다. 본 연구는 지반 침하에 대한 GPR 탐지 데이터의 실증적 자료를 구축하는 것을 목표로 한다. 이러한 목적으로 테스트 베드가 제작되었으며, 제작 변수는 주철관 및 EPS의 매입 깊이 및 수평 거리이다. 탐사결과, 1.5m의 깊이로 매립된 EPS는 검출하기 어려웠으며, 0.5m 거리 내에서 주철관에 밀접하게 매설 된 EPS는 매우 강한 주철관 신호로 탐지가 불가능했다. 또한 본 연구에서는 GPR 탐사 이미지 결과를 처리하기 위해 GPR 이미지 처리 프로그램 (GPRiPP)을 개발했다. 그 주요 기능은 위글파 신호를 증폭시키는 게인 기능이며, 기존 프로그램과 GPRiPP의 이미지 처리 기능은 매우 유사함을 확인하였다.

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