GEORADAR METHOD OF DETERMINING SOIL BEARING CAPACITY Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G01V9/00 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: georadar data are obtained using a georadar set. The obtained data are reduced to a numerical value from a selected diagnostic feature or set thereof. Said values are automatically compared in real time with reference values of data of features which characterise soil bearing capacity for current weather conditions. The reference values of diagnostic features are determined experimentally using penetration and georadar methods. The reference values are obtained for soil media of different composition in different weather conditions. The bearing capacity, which corresponds to the given composition of the soil media and characteristics of weather conditions, is assigned based on the established interconnection of estimations of the bearing capacity of the soil medium.

EFFECT: broader functionalities of the method of determining soil bearing capacity.