TY - CONF A1 - Trela, Christiane A1 - Kind, Thomas A1 - Schubert, Marcus T1 - Detection of air voids in concrete by radar in transmission mode T2 - IWAGPR 2015 - 8th International workshop on advanced ground penetrating radar N2 - Air voids in concrete like honeycombs are one of the major concerns regarding quality assurance for the construction of infrastructure buildings like bridges or tunnels. This paper shows that voids in reinforced concrete walls or slabs can be detected by two standard ground coupled GPR antennas in transmission mode using a two-side zero-offset profiling configuration like in borehole radar applications. For the detection of voids only the amplitudes of the direct wave in transmission mode are evaluated. Even when the depth of the void can not be detected in this configuration, the major advantage of the zero-offset profiling in transmission mode is a lower interference with the surrounding reinforcement compared to a regular one-side reflection profiling. The capability of the two-side zero-offset profiling is demonstrated on a test specimen with a set of polystyrene balls of two different sizes representing voids like honeycombs in concrete. GPR measurements are realized by an automated scanning system in order to allow for a synchronous movement of the antennas. In transmission mode voids can be detected at greater depths compared to reflection mode, since the travel path of the direct wave is half as long. Another characteristic of the transmission mode is that the direct wave through the air voids is faster and arrives earlier than the direct wave in the surrounding concrete. Hence it can be separated from the strong reflection of the reinforcement. Finally the measurements in transmission mode are less sensitive to the antenna frequency and polarization than in reflection mode. T2 - IWAGPR 2015 - 8th International workshop on advanced ground penetrating radar CY - Firenze, Italy DA - 07.07.2015 KW - Radar KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Ground penetrating radar KW - Transmission KW - Reinforced concrete KW - Honeycombs KW - Void detection KW - First arrival PY - 2015 SN - 978-1-4799-6495-6 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2015.7292650 AN - OPUS4-34678 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -