Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Applications in Civil Infrastructure Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The relatively new foray into condition assessment via Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) synchronized with the aging crisis of civil infrastructure worldwide. GPR is an expedient, high-resolution, and remote sensing technology for nondestructive evaluation of several infrastructure systems. Thus, it has become the tool of choice in the constructive visualization and condition assessment of several types of infrastructure, such as buildings, highways, bridge decks, subways, and foundation systems, as well as in detecting and locating underground objects and utilities. In the past decades, numerous research works have benefited from the advancements and innovations of GPR technology to develop different assessment models and algorithms for civil infrastructure systems. 

This Special Issue focuses on the practical application of GPR to address real-world problems across a wide range of civil infrastructure issues. It aims at collecting new developments and methodologies, best practices, and applications of GPR to civil infrastructure systems. We welcome submissions that provide the community with the most recent advancements on all aspects of GPR, including but not limited to the following:

1. Applications of GPR in inspecting concrete structures; 
2. GPR as a non-destructive inspection technique;
3. GPR-based condition assessment and deterioration models of concrete structures; 
4. GPR-based rehabilitation planning of concrete structures;
5. Performance of GPR technology in defect detection;
6. Innovative GPR signal and data processing techniques;
7. Novel GPR data interpretation methods;
8. GPR-based corrosion mapping;  
9. Integration of GPR and other sensing technologies;
10. Applications of GPR in inspecting other types of civil infrastructure systems;
11. GPR-based decision support systems for asset management.

Prof. Dr. Tarek Zayed
Dr. Thikra Dawood
Dr. Mona Abouhamad
Dr. Mohammed Alsharqawi
Guest Editors

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