DocumentCode
1635522
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
fYear
2012
Firstpage
973
Lastpage
976
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APWC.2012.6324948
Filename
6324948
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