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Project Nr.:7.2.13
Title:Construction of a facility for metal detector, ground penetrating radar and dual-sensor mine detector testing
Description:New facility for testing of metal detector, ground penetrating radar and dual-sensor mine detectors. The facility was specifically designed to be able to evaluate dual-sensor mine detectors according to the ITEP guidelines for reliability testing of dual-sensor mine detectors (ITEP Project 2.4.1.3)
Aim:Design and construct a facility for testing of military and humanitarian mine detectors (metal detectors, ground-penetrating radars and dual-sensor mine detectors)
Request:German Armed Forces
Category:Detection - Metal detector, GPR, Multi-sensor
Type:Other
Equipment:N/A
Development:N/A
Time Frame: 2008-01-01 to 2009-08-31
Place:Bundeswehr Technical Center for Protective and Special Technologies (WTD 52), Oberjettenberg
Lead Nation:Germany
Partners:
Status:Archived
Comments:The test facility includes 12 test lanes (see map) of which six are for the execution of the reliability trial, while the other six are for training purposes. Three different soils were used covering the low, middle and high spectrum of electromagnetic characteristics found in mine affected countries. The latter was implemented with support from the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG) in Hannover (ITEP Project 2.4.1.4). Based on the measured soil susceptibilities of 520 samples, mainly from mine affected countries, German soils with similar characteristics were identified and used to construct the test lanes.
Results/Conclusions:
  • A full pedological and geophysical investigation of the test lane soils was carried out by the LIAG. The aim of the investigation was to describe the similarities and differences of the test lanes and to quantify soil parameters that have an effect on the performance of metal detectors, based on electromagnetic induction (EMI), and ground-penetrating radar (GPR). A wide range of soil physical parameters was considered. Metal detectors are mainly influenced by soil magnetic properties whereas GPR sensors are subject to soil electric and dielectric properties. In order to complete the investigation the dielectric properties of some test targets were also analysed using laboratory measurements. Full details of the investigation are available in a dedicated report.
  • Summary information on the test lane soil properties can be found in a presentation and a 2010 Humanitarian Demining Symposium article. In the latter article the soil characterisation is linked with the detector performances (metal detector as well as dual-sensor detector) obtained during the 2009 dual-sensor trial (ITEP Project 2.4.2.13).
  • This test facility will be accessible to NATO partners and equipment manufacturers (charge required) if security regulations are accepted, starting mid 2010.


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