Abstract Ground Penetrating Radar is a complex nondestructive evaluation technique where
the antenna is the most critical part. The antenna is responsible for transmission and …

Abstract The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method is a popular numerical
modelling technique in computational electromagnetics. The volumetric nature of the FDTD …

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a well-established tool for detecting and locating
reinforcing bars (rebars) in concrete structures. However, using GPR to quantify the diameter …

The clutter encountered in ground-penetrating radar (GPR) systems seriously affects the
performance of the subsurface target detection methods. A new clutter removal method …

The use of fractional derivatives and integrals has been steadily increasing thanks to their
ability to capture effects and describe several natural phenomena in a better and systematic …

This book addresses computationally-efficient multi-objective optimization of antenna
structures using variable-fidelity electromagnetic simulations, surrogate modeling …

The SFRC segment is gaining attention in shield tunnels due to their better mechanical
properties. However, the existence of steel fibres poses a greater difficulty when attempting …

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has become one of the key technologies in subsurface
sensing and, in general, in nondestructive testing (NDT), since it is able to detect both …

Detecting shallow buried antipersonnel mines (APMs) with a ground-penetrating radar
(GPR) is a challenging task because of clutter contamination, which often obscures the APM …

Finite-difference time-domain forward modeling of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is
becoming regularly used in model-based interpretation methods, such as full-waveform …