Development and application of millimeter wave radar sensors for underground mining

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1270-1280

  Brooker, Graham M ^a,b,c,d   Scheding, Steven ^a,b   Bishop, Mark V ^a,b   Hennessy, Ross C ^b,c,d  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave radar; Mining; Orepass; Stope

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVE RADAR; OREPASS; STOPE;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MINING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADAR;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 29044447465     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.858925     Document Type: Article

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