ALLTEM Multi-Axis Electromagnetic Induction System Demonstration and Validation
Abstract
Unexploded ordnance (UXO) is one of the most pressing problems facing the Department of Defense (DoD) and other government agencies that have lands that were once used for military training and are now closed or closing and being transferred to civilian or non-DoD government use. Cleanup of all UXO-contaminated lands using existing methods would be prohibitively expensive, so a great deal of effort is being directed to finding better ways to detect, locate and identify buried UXO. It is not sufficient to merely detect buried metal objects, because many of these objects are not UXO and pose no hazards. In many cases of range cleanup 70% or more of the cost consists of locating and removing harmless metal including soda cans, broken parts from agricultural equipment and fragments of ordnance that exploded as designed. Among the primary geophysical methods for detection and classification are various time and frequency domain electromagnetic induction (EMI) systems and magnetometers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 17, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA579222
Entities
People
- Theodore H. Asch