Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage Pipelines
Drainage pipelines face significant threats to underground safety due to external defects. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a primary tool for detecting such defects from within the pipeline. However, existing methods are limited to single or multiple axial scan lines, which cannot provide the prec...
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| author | Yuanjin Fang Feng Yang Xu Qiao Maoxuan Xu Liang Fang Jialin Liu Fanruo Li |
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| description | Drainage pipelines face significant threats to underground safety due to external defects. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a primary tool for detecting such defects from within the pipeline. However, existing methods are limited to single or multiple axial scan lines, which cannot provide the precise spatial coordinates of the defects. To address this limitation, this study introduces a novel GPR-based drainage pipeline inspection robot system integrated with multiple sensors. The system incorporates MEMS-IMU, encoder modules, and ultrasonic ranging modules to control the GPR antenna for axial and circumferential scanning. A novel Cross-Line Fusion of GPR (CLF-GPR) method is introduced to integrate axial and circumferential scan data for the precise localization of external pipeline defects. Laboratory simulations were performed to assess the effectiveness of the proposed technology and method, while its practical applicability was further validated through real-world drainage pipeline inspections. The results demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves axial positioning errors of less than 2.0 cm, spatial angular positioning errors below 2°, and depth coordinate errors within 2.3 cm. These findings indicate that the proposed approach is reliable and has the potential to support the transparency and digitalization of urban underground drainage networks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb1091f4597b49578d4dacc4c58198e42025-01-24T13:47:41ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922025-01-0117219410.3390/rs17020194Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage PipelinesYuanjin Fang0Feng Yang1Xu Qiao2Maoxuan Xu3Liang Fang4Jialin Liu5Fanruo Li6School of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, ChinaDrainage pipelines face significant threats to underground safety due to external defects. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a primary tool for detecting such defects from within the pipeline. However, existing methods are limited to single or multiple axial scan lines, which cannot provide the precise spatial coordinates of the defects. To address this limitation, this study introduces a novel GPR-based drainage pipeline inspection robot system integrated with multiple sensors. The system incorporates MEMS-IMU, encoder modules, and ultrasonic ranging modules to control the GPR antenna for axial and circumferential scanning. A novel Cross-Line Fusion of GPR (CLF-GPR) method is introduced to integrate axial and circumferential scan data for the precise localization of external pipeline defects. Laboratory simulations were performed to assess the effectiveness of the proposed technology and method, while its practical applicability was further validated through real-world drainage pipeline inspections. The results demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves axial positioning errors of less than 2.0 cm, spatial angular positioning errors below 2°, and depth coordinate errors within 2.3 cm. These findings indicate that the proposed approach is reliable and has the potential to support the transparency and digitalization of urban underground drainage networks.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/2/194ground penetrating radar (GPR)pipeline robotdrainage pipelineunderground space safety |
| spellingShingle | Yuanjin Fang Feng Yang Xu Qiao Maoxuan Xu Liang Fang Jialin Liu Fanruo Li Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage Pipelines Remote Sensing ground penetrating radar (GPR) pipeline robot drainage pipeline underground space safety |
| title | Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage Pipelines |
| title_full | Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage Pipelines |
| title_fullStr | Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage Pipelines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage Pipelines |
| title_short | Cross-Line Fusion of Ground Penetrating Radar for Full-Space Localization of External Defects in Drainage Pipelines |
| title_sort | cross line fusion of ground penetrating radar for full space localization of external defects in drainage pipelines |
| topic | ground penetrating radar (GPR) pipeline robot drainage pipeline underground space safety |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/2/194 |
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