TY - GEN
T1 - Predicting structural disasters with radar interferometry
AU - Terwel, KC
AU - Hanssen, RF
AU - Waning, H
N1 - Author Manuscript
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Radar interferometry is a technique which can observe the earth’s surface during day and night time. It makes uses of thousands of pulses per second that are transmitted by satellites and reflected by the surface of, for instance, structures. By analyzing the data it is possible to measure displacements of the surface within millimeter precision. For the building industry this might be a promising technique, for monitoring buildings or for forensic engineering. Variables that might be monitored are the displacements of roofs, of balconies or the settlements of buildings. In addition, the technique might be a tool which can be used for forensic investigations. This paper will discuss the possibilities and limitations of radar interferometry for both building monitoring and forensic engineering. The method is expected to be especially useful for measuring soil displacements and the resulting settlements of structures.
AB - Radar interferometry is a technique which can observe the earth’s surface during day and night time. It makes uses of thousands of pulses per second that are transmitted by satellites and reflected by the surface of, for instance, structures. By analyzing the data it is possible to measure displacements of the surface within millimeter precision. For the building industry this might be a promising technique, for monitoring buildings or for forensic engineering. Variables that might be monitored are the displacements of roofs, of balconies or the settlements of buildings. In addition, the technique might be a tool which can be used for forensic investigations. This paper will discuss the possibilities and limitations of radar interferometry for both building monitoring and forensic engineering. The method is expected to be especially useful for measuring soil displacements and the resulting settlements of structures.
KW - radar interferometry
KW - structural health monitoring
KW - forensic engineering
KW - new technologies
UR - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bcee587e-bb5b-42f8-a9b7-1de18b8f0cb2
UR - http://www.iabse.org/IABSE/Events/Geneva_2015/IABSE/events/Conferences_files/Geneva2015/geneva2015.aspx
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-3-85748-140-6
SP - 824
EP - 831
BT - Report of the IABSE Geneva 2015 conference
A2 - Bruhwiler, E
PB - IABSE
CY - Zurich, Switzerland
T2 - IABSE Geneva 2015 conference, Geneva, Switzerland
Y2 - 23 September 2015 through 25 September 2015
ER -