A hybrid acoustic/electromagnetic technique for locating land mines

Author

Scott, Waymond R., Jr. ; Schroede, Chistoph ; Martin, James S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

216

Abstract

A hybrid technique is presented that simultaneously uses both electromagnetic and acoustic waves in a synergistic manner to detect buried land mines. The system consists of an electromagnetic radar and an acoustic source. The acoustic source causes both the mine and the surface of the earth to be displaced. The electromagnetic radar is used to detect these displacements and, thus, the mine. An experimental and numerical model for the system has been developed

Keywords

acoustic applications; military systems; numerical analysis; radar imaging; safety; EM waves; acoustic source; acoustic waves; buried land mines; displacements; electromagnetic radar; hybrid acoustic/electromagnetic technique; land mines; numerical model; synergistic manner; Acoustic signal detection; Acoustic waves; Earth; Electromagnetic scattering; Ground penetrating radar; Landmine detection; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Surface acoustic waves; Vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702857

Filename

702857