중심주파수가 15 GHz이고, 대역폭이 1 GHz인 마이크로 스트립 패치 안테나를 이용하여, 탄소섬유시트로 보강된 콘크리트의 계면박리를 탐사하는 실험을 실시하였다. 개발된 안테나의 성능을 비교하기 위하여, 중심주파수 15 GHz, 대역폭 10 GHz인 상용 horn 안테나를 이용하여 비교실험을 실시하였다. 실험에 사용된 시편은 $600;{ imes};600;{ imes};50;mm$의 크기를 가지며, 그 표면에 1.5 mm 두께의 FRP 시트를 3 mm 두께의 에폭시로 부착하였으며, 5, 10, 15 mm 두께의 박리를 인공적으로 형성하였다. 실험결과 5, 10, 15 mm 박리 모두 측정이 가능하였으며, 측정은 보강구역과 무보강구역을 구분하여 이루어 졌다.
A series of experimental work has been conducted to evaluate the capability of microstrip patch antenna system in detecting delamination in fiber reinforced Plastic (FRP) sheet reinforced concrete. For that purpose, a prototype microstrip patch antenna was developed with 15 GHz center frequency and 1 GHz bandwidth. For the comparison, a horn antenna with 15 GHz center frequency and 10 GHz bandwidth was used for the measurements of the same specimens. The laboratory sire specimens have the dimensions of 600 mm (length) $ imes$ 600 mm (width) $ imes$ 50mm (thickness) with a series of delaminations of 300 mm (length) $ imes$ 300mm (width) $ imes$ 5, 10, 15 mm (thickness). FRP of 1.5 mm thickness and epoxy of 3 mm thickness were placed on the top of artificially created delamination to represent actual FRP reinforced concrete condition. In all cases, the delamination has deen successfully identified. Also, it was shown that imaging results in microstrip patch antenna were improved by signal processing.
