GPR measurements and FDTD simulations for landmine detection

Author

Balsi, M. ; Esposito, S. ; Frezza, F. ; Nocito, P. ; Barone, P.M. ; Lauro, S.E. ; Mattei, E. ; Pettinelli, E. ; Schettini, G. ; Twizere, C.

Author_Institution

Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Among the technologies used to improve landmine detection, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) techniques are being developed and tested jointly by “Sapienza” and “Roma Tre” Universities. Using three-dimensional Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) simulations, the electromagnetic field scattered by five different buried objects has been calculated and the solutions have been compared to the measurements obtained by a GPR system on a (1.3 × 3.5 × 0.5) m³ sandbox, located in the Humanitarian Demining Laboratory at Cisterna di Latina, to assess the reliability of the simulations. A combination of pre-calculated FDTD solutions and GPR scans, may make the detection process more accurate.

Keywords

electromagnetic fields; finite difference time-domain analysis; ground penetrating radar; landmine detection; electromagnetic field scattering; ground penetrating radar measurement; landmine detection; three-dimensional finite difference time domain simulation; Educational institutions; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite difference methods; Ground penetrating radar; Landmine detection; Radar scattering; Testing; Time domain analysis; Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD); Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR); Humanitarian Demining; landmine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), 2010 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lecce

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4604-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4605-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGPR.2010.5550213

Filename

5550213