摘要: |
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) continues to take a lead role in the implementation of Ground Penetration Radar (GPR) technology. With the ultimate goal of statewide implementation, Mr. Carl Bertrand of TxDOTs Construction Division initiated a project with Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) to purchase the necessary hardware to complete TxDOTs GPR fleet and also to document the key steps in both data collection and data processing. With these objectives in mind, implementation project 5-1702 entitled Training and Equipment for GPR Implementation was initiated in the fall of 2000. In this project two complete GPR systems were purchased and implemented with TxDOT. Two training CDs were also developed. The first CD covers all of the steps required to collect GPR data in the field. It documents both the hardware assembly and use of TxDOTs data acquisition program RADAR 2K. The second CD covers the steps required to process the GPR signals to provide information of use to pavement engineers. The analysis CD contains several video clips and animations to explain the technology and it provides copies of the analysis programs COLORMAP and RADSEG and raw data from four projects in Texas for the user to process. The user can compare his or her analysis results with those stored on the CD. |