Numerical modelling of commericial GPR antennas

C. Warren*, A. Giannopoulos

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Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) antennas are often not well described and hence modeled in the majority of GPR simulators. As a consequence results from these models do not represent reality. In this paper two detailed Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) models of commercial GPR antennas are presented. The complex geometry, material properties and feeding of the antennas are all captured in the models. The Visualisation Toolkit (VTK) format has been utilised to enable powerful three-dimensional visualisations of the complex antenna geometries, in addition to the antenna field patterns. Initial results from free-space responses (crosstalk) show good agreement between the models and data taken from the actual GPR systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnvironmental and Engineering Geophysical Society - 21st Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2008
Pages1418-1421
Number of pages4
Volume2
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event21st Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2008 - Philadelphia, PA, United States
Duration: 6 Apr 200810 Apr 2008

Conference

Conference21st Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia, PA
Period6/04/0810/04/08

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