TY - CONF A1 - Sharma, Govind A1 - Kind, Thomas T1 - Distinction of tendon ducts and rebars by GPR reflection signal patterns T2 - Proceedings - 2018 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar N2 - We investigated the possibility of surrounding waves along with perimeter of large diameter tendon ducts during ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing of concrete structures. The surrounding waves influence the primary reflection from tendon duct and alter the phase as well as amplitude of signal depending on the diameter of the tendon duct. This phenomenon was studied in detail by conducting several simulations using a commercial software Reflexw®. Finite Difference Time Domain method was adopted to analyze reflection patterns from objects of various diameters located at different depths in concrete media. The proposed methodology will be useful in qualitative assessment of size of metallic objects greater than a diameter of 6 cm. In general, the identification of large diameter tendon ducts in a civil structure is carried out by prior knowledge of the civil plan and its diagonal appearance to smaller diameter object mesh. The proposed methodology will enhance the confidence in identification of the larger diameter tendon ducts even if the civil plan is not known accurately. T2 - 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar CY - Rapperswil, Switzerland DA - 18.06.2018 KW - Ground penetrating radar KW - Rebar KW - Concrete PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-5776-8 SP - 232 EP - 235 AN - OPUS4-46247 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -