Title :
Borehole radar imaging in tactical support of miners working in very narrow stopes
Author :
Mason, I.M. ; Cloete, J.H. ; Palmer, K.D.
Author_Institution :
ARCOLAB, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Hitherto, Tx→Rx cross-talk has inhibited the profiling of shorter tactical probe-holes, drilled from stopes at shallow angles below reef. Now that recent component advances have shrunk bistatic radars, raising their close-in response without compromising long range performance, BHR designers are moving towards mapping face & hanging wall fractures in stope automatically at one hundredth the scale of reconnaissance, in part with proximity coupled blast & bolt drillrod guided radars.
Keywords :
drilling (geotechnical); fasteners; fracture; geophysical image processing; mining; occupational safety; radar imaging; walls; BHR designers; bistatic radars; borehole radar imaging; hanging wall fractures; long range performance; miners; proximity coupled blast & bolt drillrod guided radars; reef; stopes; tactical probe-hole profiling; tactical support; Face; Fuel processing industries; Platinum; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2012 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0404-7
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2012.6324948
