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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2015.31.11.41

Application of Ground Penetrating Radar for Estimation of Loose Layer  

Hong, Won-Taek (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.)
Kang, Seonghun (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.)
Lee, Jong-Sub (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engrg., Korea Univ.)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.31, no.11, 2015 , pp. 41-48 More about this Journal
Abstract
An investigation of a void and a loose layer of the ground is essential in order to prevent the losses of life and properties caused by subsidence and sinkage of the ground. Recently, studies on the ground penetrating radar survey have been actively conducted in order to estimate the void and the loose layer of the ground. However, an error can be committed by contrarily predicting a dense ground and a loose layer because the ground penetrating radar estimates an interface depth between geo-materials that have different electrical impedances. In this study, a loose ground depth is estimated using the characteristics of the reflected electromagnetic wave obtained from the ground penetrating radar survey. To gather the signals according to the loose ground depths, the ground penetrating radar survey is conducted on a field which underwent a huge ground settlement. In addition, the dynamic cone penetration test is performed to verify the result of the loose ground depth estimation from the ground penetrating radar survey. From the analysis of the reflection characteristics of the electromagnetic wave, a phase of an electromagnetic wave reflected from a denser soil layer is found to be identical with that of the first measured signal. On the other hand, a phase of an electromagnetic wave reflected from the loose soil layer is found to be opposed to that of the first detected signal. The comparison between the dynamic cone penetration index and electromagnetic signals by the ground penetrating radar shows that the estimated depth of the loose or dense layer is perfectly matched with a high reliability. The ground penetrating radar survey and the signal analysis performed in this study can be used not only for the survey of interface depth between the discontinuity layers but also for the estimation of the loose layer.
Keywords
Discontinuity layer; Dynamic cone penetrometer; Electromagnetic wave; Ground penetrating radar; Loose layer;
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