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The Effect of Ground Heterogeneity on the GPR Signal: Numerical Analysis

지반의 불균질성이 GPR탐사 신호에 미치는 영향에 대한 수치해석적 분석

  • Lee, Sangyun (Department of Civil Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Song, Ki-il (Department of Civil Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Ryu, Heehwan (Structural & Seismic Technology Group, KEPRI) ;
  • Kang, Kyungnam (Research Institute of Construction & Environmental System, Inha University)
  • Received : 2022.06.29
  • Accepted : 2022.07.13
  • Published : 2022.08.01
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Abstract

The importance of subsurface information is becoming crucial in urban area due to increase of underground construction. The position of underground facilities should be identified precisely before excavation work. Geophyiscal exporation method such as ground penetration radar (GPR) can be useful to investigate the subsurface facilities. GPR transmits electromagnetic waves to the ground and analyzes the reflected signals to determine the location and depth of subsurface facilities. Unfortunately, the readability of GPR signal is not favorable. To overcome this deficiency and automate the GPR signal processing, deep learning technique has been introduced recently. The accuracy of deep learning model can be improved with abundant training data. The ground is inherently heteorogeneous and the spacially variable ground properties can affact on the GPR signal. However, the effect of ground heterogeneity on the GPR signal has yet to be fully investigated. In this study, ground heterogeneity is simulated based on the fractal theory and GPR simulation is carried out by using gprMax. It is found that as the fractal dimension increases exceed 2.0, the error of fitting parameter reduces significantly. And the range of water content should be less than 0.14 to secure the validity of analysis.

최근 지하공간에 대한 개발이 활발히 진행됨에 따라 지중 시설물의 정보에 대한 중요도가 증가하고 있다. 굴착작업을 수행하기 전에 지중 시설물의 위치를 정확히 파악해야 한다. 지표투과레이더(GPR)와 같은 지구물리적 탐사 방법은 지중 시설물을 조사하는데 유용하게 사용된다. GPR은 지반에 전자기파를 송출하며 지반과 다른 매질에 의해 반사되는 신호를 분석하여 지중시설물의 위치와 깊이 등을 파악한다. 그러나 GPR 데이터의 판독은 숙련된 전문가의 주관적 판단에 의존하기 때문에 이를 딥러닝을 통해 자동화하려는 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 딥러닝은 학습 데이터가 많을수록 정확한 모델을 만들 수 있으며, 이러한 학습데이터 축적에 있어 수치해석이 좋은 대안이 될 수 있다. 수치해석의 경우 지반의 불균질성을 모사하여 다양한 조건에서의 GPR 탐사 데이터를 생성할 수 있으며, 이를 이용하여 학습모델의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 생각된다. 지반은 불균질하며, GPR 신호는 지반의 다양한 변수로 인해 영향을 받는다. 그러나 이러한 불균질 지반에 대한 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 프랙탈 차원수와 지반의 함수비 범위에 따른 GPR탐사 신호특성을 분석하고 불균질한 지반을 모사하기 위한 입력파라미터에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 프랙탈 차원수가 2.0을 넘어가면 적합곡선에 대한 오차가 크게 감소하는 것으로나타났다. 그리고 분석의 타당성을 확보하기 위해 함수율의 범위가 0.14 미만이어야 한다.

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Acknowledgement

본 논문은 행정안전부 "산지(경사지) 태양광 발전시설의 전주기 스마트 안전관리 기술 개발(20018265)"의 지원을 받아 작성되었음.

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