Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration (지구물리와물리탐사)

Korean Society of Earth and Exploration Geophysicists (한국지구물리·물리탐사학회)
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Analysis of cross-borehole pulse radar signatures measured at various tunnel angles

다양한 투과 각도에서 측정된 투과형 펄스 시추공 레이더 신호 분석

  • Kim, Sang-Wook (School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Se-Yun (Imaging Media Research Centre, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
  • 김상욱 (서울대학교 전기컴퓨터공학부) ;
  • 김세윤 (한국과학기술연구원 영상미디어연구센터)
  • Received : 2009.09.10
  • Accepted : 2009.11.18
  • Published : 2010.02.18
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Abstract

A pulse radar system has been developed recently to detect dormant underground tunnels that are deeply located at depths of hundreds of metres. To check the ability of the radar system to detect an obliquely oriented tunnel, five different borehole pairs in the tunnel test site were chosen so that the horizontal lines-of-sight cut the tunnel axis obliquely, in $15^{\circ}$ steps. The pulse radar signatures were measured over a depth range of 20 m around the centre of the air-filled tunnel. Three canonical parameters, consisting of the arrival time, attenuation, and dispersion time were extracted from the first and second peaks of the measured radar signatures. Using those parameters, the radar system can detect obliquely oriented tunnels at various angles up to 45 from the transmitter-receiver line of sight.

수 백 미터 깊이에 위치하고 있는 폐쇄된 지하터널을 탐지하기 위하여 펄스 레이더 시스템이 최근 개발되었다 개발원 펄스 레이더 시스템의 탐지능력을 확인하기 위하여, 터널시험장에서 터널 주변의 여러 시추공 중에서 터널측과 15도 간격으로 수평각이 비틀어진 5가지 탐사경로를 선정하였다. 공기로 채워진 터널을 중심으로 20 미터 구간에 대해 레이더 신호의 측정이 이루어 졌다. 도착시간, 감쇠, 분산시간으로 구성된 세가지 기본 변수들이 수신된 신호의 첫번째 첨두치와 두번째 첨두치의 위치로부터 계산되었다. 터널측과 탐사 경로가 45도 이상 비틀어졌을 때 이러한 변수들을 사용하여 레이더 시스템이 터널을 탐지할 수 있었다.

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