| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K91217/01 |
| Title: |
DEVELOPMENT OF A FIELD PROTOTYPE INDUCTIVE SCANNING SYSTEM FOR IMAGING STEEL REINFORCING IN CONCRETE |
| Principal Investigator: |
Gaydecki, Professor P |
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| Department: |
Instrumentation & Analytical Science |
| Organisation: |
UMIST |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
02 January 1997 |
Ends: |
01 January 1999 |
Value (£): |
119,656
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
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Funding is sought for the development of a field usable prototype for imaging steel reinforcing in concrete, based on an inductive scanning principle. Preliminary work, funded by EPSRC, was most successful and a reliable laboratory-based system was modelled, designed and constructed. However, the system requires research to fundamentally improve image quality and to enable scanning in the field. Non-linear deconvolution algorithms will be developed and applied to images generated by a multi-element array mounted on a lightweight scanning assembly. Hence, the proposed research will involve: modelling of the sensor response to obtain the non-linear point-spread function; use of this function in non-linear deconvolution algorithms to reduce image blurring, and hence to improve image quality to enable depth and dimensional measurements of bars to be made to an accuracy of 1 mm; development of a multi-element array scanner to enable images to be acquired in five minutes.
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