A new physics-based approach for estimating a buried object's location, orientation and magnetic polarization from EMI data

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 115-130

  Shubitidze, Fridon ^a,b   Karkashadze, David ^a   Barrowes, Ben ^c   Shamatava, Irma ^a,b   O'Neill, Kevin ^a,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Sky Research Inc   (United States)

^c US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A MAGNETIC FIELDS; BURIED OBJECTS; CLOSED SURFACES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SENSORS; EMI SENSORS; EQUIVALENT MAGNETIC CHARGES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; MAGNETIC CHARGES; MAGNETIC DIPOLES; MAGNETIC POLARIZATIONS; MAGNETIC POTENTIALS; MAGNETIC SOURCES; MEASUREMENT GRIDS; NEW APPROACHES; NEW PHYSICS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PLANAR SURFACES; PRACTICAL REALIZATIONS; PRIORI KNOWLEDGES; SCALAR AND VECTOR POTENTIALS; SINGLE LOCATIONS; VECTOR POTENTIALS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ALGORITHM; BURIED TARGET; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; SENSOR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 44349096706     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG13.3.115     Document Type: Article

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