This invention discloses an acoustic imaging device and method for detecting pavement voids, belonging to the field of non-
destructive testing technology for roads. The device includes an excitation module, an
accelerometer, a multi-aperture reconfigurable
microphone array module, a synchronous acquisition module, a
sound field feature construction module, a multi-source fusion module, a geometric inversion module, and a coordinate registration and imaging output module. The excitation module applies a transient
impact to the pavement under test. The
accelerometer acquires the acceleration
signal at the excitation point, and the multi-aperture reconfigurable
microphone array module acquires multi-channel near-field
sound pressure signals around the excitation point. The
sound field feature construction module determines the
impact initiation time and
impact energy based on the acceleration
signal at the excitation point, and performs
time alignment, energy normalization, and
feature extraction on the multi-channel near-field
sound pressure signals. This invention improves the stability and quantitative characterization capability of pavement under-slab void detection, and is suitable for detecting under-slab voids in
cement concrete pavements, composite pavements, and
bridge deck paving.