Objective This project addresses the requirement for advanced technologies for locating; maintaining and rehabilitating buried infrastructures (area II.3.3). Specifically it fulfils the requirement for locating buried assets. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is the only known non-invasive technique that can detect metallic and non-metallic buried objects, but conventional pulse time-domain technology has reached the limit of its development potential. This project will use innovative techniques to provide a clear advance in the state of the art.The project has three major objectives:-To provide a step change in the depth penetration and spatial resolution of GPR used for surveys carried out from the ground surface. This will be achieved by increasing the frequency and dynamic range of the radar by researching and developing Stepped Frequency Continuous Wave techniques and ultra wide-band antennas whose performance is independent of ground characteristics.-To prototype an innovative GPR-based real-time obstacle detection system for steerable bore- heads of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) pipe and cable laying systems so that they can operate more safely below ground. This will require new antenna designs to be developed to provide a look-ahead capability and robust systems to be designed to protect against the hostile mechanical environment-To increase knowledge of the electrical behaviour of the ground, by means of in-situ measurements to enhance understanding of the sub-soil electrical environment, and to provide information for scientifically based antenna design.The project will lead to practical solutions that can be implemented cost-effectively to provide a capability to locate buried infrastructure with accuracy and reliability. This will reduce the need for excavations in the highway, thus minimising direct and indirect costs, reducing the incidence of pollution and enhancing safety. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradarnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution Keywords Antennas Stepped Applications Continuous Directional Drilling Water Frequency Ground Infrastrucure Location Adaptive Maintenance Microwave Probing Radar Buried System Wave Horizontal Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2005-3.II.3.3 - Advanced technologies for locating, maintaining and rehabilitating buried infrastructures Call for proposal FP6-2005-GLOBAL-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator OSYS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Address 391 benton road, four lane ends Newcastle upon tyne United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all IDS INGEGNERIA DEI SISTEMI SPA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via livornese 1019 Pisa See on map Links Website Opens in new window GDF SUEZ S.A. France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue du docteur lancereaux, 16-26 Paris cedex 17 See on map Links Website Opens in new window TRACTO-TECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Reiherstrasse 2 Lennestadt See on map Links Website Opens in new window UK WATER INDUSTRY RESEARCH LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Queen anne's gate 1 London See on map Links Website Opens in new window EUROPEAN UNION OF THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue palmerston 4 Bruxelles See on map Links Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Julianalaan 134 Delft See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Piazza san marco 4 50121 Firenze See on map Links Website Opens in new window VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V BRNE Czechia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Antoninska 548/1 Brno See on map Links Website Opens in new window
