Title :
Moisture and landmine detection
Author :
Carter, L.J. ; Bryant, G.H. ; Le Fevre, M. ; Wong, W.C.
Author_Institution :
Auckland Univ., New Zealand
Abstract :
A landmine detection technique is proposed, based on differences in moisture content of the mine and the surrounding soil. Microwave radiation is used to heat the soil containing the mine. The moist soil is warmed far more than the mine. This produces temperature differences at the surface which can be detected by infra-red scanning. Laboratory tests show that buried nonmetallic objects can be located with this technique
Keywords :
weapons; buried nonmetallic objects; infra-red scanning; landmine detection; microwave heating; microwave radiation; moisture; soil heating; surrounding soil; temperature differences;
Conference_Titel :
The Detection of Abandoned Land Mines: A Humanitarian Imperative Seeking a Technical Solution, EUREL International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 431)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-669-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19961085
