Study of influence of buried metallic structures on soil resistivity measurements

Author

Ma, J. ; Dawalibi, F.P.

Author_Institution

Safe Eng. Services & Technol. Ltd., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1998

fDate

4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

356

Lastpage

365

Abstract

A detailed study of the influence of buried metallic structures on soil resistivity measurements has been carried out. Different measurement methods, various soil structures, and different locations of measurement profiles with respect to metallic structures have been analyzed. It is found that the influence of buried metallic structures on soil resistivity measurements can be significant and that this influence varies in a wide range depending on measurement methods, locations of measurement profiles and soil structure characteristics. This study also shows how to choose measurement locations to minimize the influence of buried metallic structures when soil resistivity measurements must be made in the presence of buried metallic structures

Keywords

earthing; electrical conductivity measurement; soil; Schlumberger method; Wenner method; buried metallic structures influence; grounding; measurement methods; measurement profiles locations; multilayer soil; soil resistivity measurements; soil structures; transmission line right-of-way; two-layer soil; uniform soil; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational modeling; Conductivity measurement; Grounding; Impedance measurement; Nonhomogeneous media; Poles and towers; Probes; Soil measurements; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.660902

Filename

660902