It’s usually divided into instantaneous Rayleigh wave method and static Rayleigh wave method.

With an example from expressway construction engineering in Anhui Province,this paper introduced application of the transient Rayleigh surface wave technique to geological reconnaissance of highway engineering for solving the issue of geotechnical layering at places of high slope,deep chasm,bridge and tunnel at the entrance and exit as well as zoning of the weathered bedrock.

Rayleigh waves in engineering for dynamic compaction detection of filled-sea and made-land;

Application of rayleigh wave method in inspection of roadbed disease;

Rayleigh wave method which is successfully applied to exploring Baodu landslide of Nanning-Kunming railway, where the topography is steep and the construction disturbance is serious, is introduced in this paper.

Finite-difference modelling of Rayleigh surface wave in elastic media;

Here we introduced the basic principles of ground penetrating radar and Rayleigh Surface Wave, and gave an example which illustrates that the location and distribution of grouting can be tested by means of these two methods.