Pavement testing by integrated geophysical methods: Feasibility, resolution and diagnostic potential

Optical fiber feasibility study in Accelerated Pavement Testing facility

The presented research has been carried out within the European project Intelligent Roads (INTRO). The major objective followed was to assess the potential of optical fiber for pavement monitoring in comparison with classical strain gauges. Thus, both measurement devices have been tested under the same conditions in a full scale Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) at LAVOC. This facility allows ...

Integrated Testing Methods and Techniques

Diagnostic Methods Thallium Exercise Testing

The goal of this study was to determine the prognostic utility of the exercise thallium201 stress test in ambulatory patients with chest pain who were also referred for cardiac catheterization. Accordingly, 4 to 8 year (mean ± 1SD, 4.6 + 2.6 years) follow-up data were obtained for all but one of 383 patients who underwent both exercise thallium-201 stress testing and cardiac catheterization fro...

Study of Hydrocarbon Saturation by Geophysical Methods

The contamination of soil and groundwater by LNAPLs is a problem that has been treated over several years, because, they are used in the industrial worldwide. Its location and behavior in the subsurface has been monitored through invasive methods that disturb the environment and they are costly. In this sense, we integrated a noninvasive hydrogeophysical method as Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)...

An integrated geological, hydrogeological and geophysical approach

This work sets out a physical-stratigraphical reconstruction of the superficial aquifer in the Brindisi area; this site is recognized to be at significant environmental risk (Law no. 426/98) by the Italian government. Geological, hydrogeological and geophysical methodologies were applied. The geological characterisation consisted of surface 5 and subsoil surveys. The existing stratigraphical, g...