This book based on Transport and Urban Development COST Action TU1208 presents the most
advanced applications of ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a civil engineering context with
documentation of instrumentation methods and results. It explains clearly how GPR can be
employed for the surveying of critical transport infrastructure such as roads pavements
bridges and tunnels and for the sensing and mapping of underground utilities and voids.
Detailed attention is also devoted to use of GPR in the inspection of geological structures and
of construction materials and structures including reinforced concrete steel reinforcing bars
and pre post-tensioned stressing ducts. Advanced methods for solution of electromagnetic
scattering problems and new data processing techniques are also presented. Readers will come to
appreciate that GPR is a safe advanced non destructive and noninvasive imaging technique that
can be effectively used for the inspection of composite structures and the performance of
diagnostics relevant to the entire life cycle of civil engineering works.
