Feasibility study of automated detection of tunnel excavation by Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 575-586

  Klar, Assaf ^a   Linker, Raphael ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Borders; BOTDR; Optical fibers; Security fences; Sensing devices; Smuggling tunnels

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED DETECTION; BRILLOUIN OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; DETECTION SYSTEM; FALSE DETECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIELD TEST; GROUND DISPLACEMENT; HOME LAND SECURITY; HORIZONTAL FIBERS; IMPERFECT MODELING; MINI-PILES; SECURITY FENCE; SECURITY FENCES; SENSING DEVICES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SURFACE DISTURBANCES; TUNNEL EXCAVATION; VALIDATION STAGES; VERTICAL FIBER; VOLUME LOSS; WAVELET COEFFICIENTS;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXCAVATION; FENCES; FIBER OPTICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PILES; PLANNING; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSORS; SOILS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

FIBERS;

BORDER REGION; DETECTION METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; MODELING; SMUGGLING; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TUNNEL;

EID: 77953356046     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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