GROUND PENETRATING RADAR AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SOIL ANALYSIS METHOD: Fid-Bau Portal

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SOIL ANALYSIS METHOD

PELLEGRINI DAMIANO / PORETTI SAMUEL / BREMEN ROGER / KATTERBACH MAREN / INAUDI DANIELE

The invention discloses an electromagnetic soil analysis method comprising:- a step of making a first borehole (10) in a first predetermined position in the soil (30);- a step of making a second borehole (20) in a second predetermined position in the soil (30), the second position being different from the first position;- a step of introducing a first antenna (101) in the first borehole (10) and a second antenna (102) in the second borehole (20);- a step of feeding a predetermined radio signal (s1(t)) to the first antenna (101), so that the first antenna (101) radiates the predetermined radio signal according to a predefined radiation pattern across a portion (31) of the soil (30);- a step of soil compactness analysis, by determining or calculating the amount of water (x_water) and/or humidity and/or dielectric constant (ε') of a portion (31) of soil (30) measured by the radiation of the first antenna, the portion (31) of soil (30) being positioned between the first antenna (101) and the second antenna (102),- whereby the step of determining or calculating the amount of water (x_water) and/or humidity and/or dielectric constant (ε') of the portion (31) of soil (30) is performed by electronically measuring the speed of propagation of the predetermined radio signal (s1(t)) between the first antenna (101) and the second antenna (102) or the delay with which the signal transmitted by the first antenna (101) or through a transmitter (103) connected to the first antenna (110) reaches the second antenna (102) or a receiver (104) connected to the second antenna (102).The invention further discloses an electromagnetic soil analysis device and a system for soil analysis.