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Ballast inspection using ground penetrating radar

Last updated on 02 September 2014 4:40

In recent years Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) has become an important tool for non-destructive testing of various man-made structures such as asphalt pavements, bridges or masonry and concrete walls. However, little has been published on the inspection of railway ballast. EMPA has carried out several radar surveys for Swiss...

Author(s): Hugenschmidt J.

Organisation(s): Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research ;

1999

Switzerland

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