Method for locating and examining cavities under paved roads
US5287740A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S13/885
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a cavity examination method of a paved road which can examine cavities which are present under the paved road such as the asphalt-paved road in a reduced length of time. By collecting data of the structural conditions of areas under the paved road while traveling on the road by a pavement structure examination vehicle mounted with underground radar means, and scrutinizing according to the above results around the place which may contain a cavity by a pushcart type underground radar means, the cavity examination method of the present invention specifies presence and a planar extent of the cavity. If a cavity is actually detected, a hole with a small diameter is bored in the place and its inner circumferential wall is photographed by a camera to confirm the conditions of the cavity and the area under the pavement by a visual inspection in order to grasp the three dimensional conditions of the cavity.
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