Simulation of a ground penetrating radar environment by means of FDTD methods using an automatic control approach

Author

Teggatz, A. ; Joestingmeier, A. ; Meyer, T. ; Omar, A.S.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Magdeburg, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

2095

Abstract

A novel approach for the design and the simulation of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) environment by means of FDTD methods is presented. Simulating GPR data is essential for the development and comparison of algorithms using exactly defined data. The development of the model and the selection of optimum parameters for the electromagnetic FDTD field simulator are addressed. Also discussed is how to solve the problem of necessary changes to the model by means of an ActiveX server control, which allows control of the whole functionality of the FDTD solver from an external Win32 application, providing a possibility for the automation of the GPR simulation. Several simulation results are presented. The success of the approach is presented through the excellent quality of the results achieved.

Keywords

buried object detection; computational electromagnetics; finite difference time-domain analysis; ground penetrating radar; ActiveX server control; FDTD solver; GPR simulation automatic control; buried object detection; electromagnetic FDTD field simulator; ground penetrating radar; ground penetrating radar environment simulation; simulation automation; Automatic control; Automation; Buried object detection; Computational modeling; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic waveguides; Finite difference methods; Ground penetrating radar; Microwave theory and techniques; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1330622

Filename

1330622