Abstract:

The precise and immediate forecasting karst-fractured groundwater is a key problem to be studied and resolved currently in tunnel design and construction. Complex signal analysis can be used to extract multiple parameters to make a synthetical judgment. Based on this advantage, it is introduced to the prediction of water with the ground penetrating radar (GPR) to analyze the water response in the radar data from amplitude, frequency and phase, which overcomes disadvantage that the judge criteria is single, and provides a practical method to predict karst-fractured groundwater with GPR. The theory of complex signal analysis and necessity to be introduced to GPR signal processing is first illustrated. Then the feasibility of the karst-fractured groundwater prediction with GPR based on complex signal analysis is discussed; and the criteria to estimate water is obtained. At last, with project example, the GPR data is processed in complex signal analysis and the karst-fractured groundwater is analyzed. It is shown that the application of complex signal analysis improves the accuracy and credibility of prediction greatly in comparison with the excavation result.

Key words: karst-fractured groundwater prediction, complex signal analysis, ground penetrating radar, advanced geology prediction