TY - JOUR A1 - Kind, Thomas T1 - Amplitudes variation of GPR rebar reflection due to the influence of concrete aggregate scattering JF - The e-journal of nondestructive testing & ultrasonics N2 - Dense GPR measurements of rebar reflection amplitudes Show relative variations, which can be in the order of more than 10% - 20%. Former investigations demonstrated that these variations are caused by the heterogeneity of concrete, i.e. due to the inclusion of aggregates in concrete. These amplitude variations make it difficult to analyse single reflection amplitudes in order to determine the rebar diameter or to estimate the concrete deterioration state. In a systematic study we have quantified the statistical variation of the rebar reflection amplitude for concrete covers of 6 cm, 9 cm, 12 cm, 15 cm and 18 cm, for two different grading curves and for the rebar diameters 12 mm and 28 mm. Also the influence of the wavelength has been investigated by using antennas with different centre frequencies in relation to the aggregate size. The results are discussed with regard to a quantitative amplitude evaluation of GPR measurements and also the potential of using these variations for a characterization of concrete material properties. T2 - NDT-CE 2015 - International symposium non-destructive testing in civil engineering CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 15.09.2015 KW - Ground penetrating radar KW - Concrete KW - Rebar KW - Aggregate scattering PY - 2015 UR - http://www.ndt.net/?id=18402 SN - 1435-4934 VL - 20 IS - 11 SP - 412 EP - 420 PB - NDT.net CY - Kirchwald AN - OPUS4-40007 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -