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Title: | Perturbation mapping of water leak in buried water pipes via laboratory validation experiments with high-frequency ground penetrating radar (GPR) | Authors: | Lai, WWL Chang, RKW Sham, JFC Pang, K |
Issue Date: | Feb-2016 | Source: | Tunnelling and underground space technology, Feb. 2016, v. 52, p. 157-167 | Abstract: | This paper studies the perturbation patterns of GPR images as a tool for water leakage detection in buried water pipes with laboratory experiments. Different perturbations patterns on GPR signals due to a water leak of metallic and PVC pipes buried in a sand box, were mapped and studied with controlled water injection and leak volume, as well as a fixed leak position in the pipes. These perturbation patterns of signal strength include the tale-tell signs of a central leak point and propagation of the radial wetting front vortex centered around the leak point at different injection times. These patterns, compared to the no-leak dry condition, were interpreted with the conventional principles of dielectric contrast and reflection coefficients, and the associated reflection and absorption mechanisms. It is believed that this set of data will serve as an image matching fingerprint to identify and map water leaks in the field. | Keywords: | Ground penetrating radar Water leak Water perturbation patterns |
Publisher: | Pergamon Press | Journal: | Tunnelling and underground space technology | ISSN: | 0886-7798 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.tust.2015.10.017 | Rights: | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. © 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The following publication Lai, W. W., Chang, R. K., Sham, J. F., & Pang, K. (2016). Perturbation mapping of water leak in buried water pipes via laboratory validation experiments with high-frequency ground penetrating radar (GPR). Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 52, 157-167 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2015.10.017. |
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