Abstract:Non-destructive testing can determine the internal defects of concrete structures without causing damage, and it is a common application in bridge concrete inspections. Due to the complexity of the internal structure of concrete, limitations in the layout of measurement points, and large inspection areas, to improve the accuracy of defect detection, a combined algebraic reconstruction technique algorithm with group sparse regularization (SART-GSR) has been adopted to achieve tomographic imaging of bridge concrete under sparse measurement points. A mathematical model is established based on the principle of bridge concrete tomography. The SART algorithm is used to solve for its velocity values, and on top of the SART results, GSR is applied for optimization and calculation processing. After simulation experiments, the SART-GSR algorithm was compared with the SART algorithm and the ART algorithm in terms of reconstruction effects. The results show that the SART-GSR algorithm can enhance the tomographic imaging precision of bridge concrete compared to the SART and ART algorithms, providing valuable reference for the detection of bridge concrete defects.