Nonlinear seismo-acoustic land mine detection: Field test

Dimitri Donskoy, Alexander Ekimov, Nikolay Sedunov, Michael Tsionskiy

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Abstract

The paper presents results of the field test of the nonlinear seismo-acoustic technique for detection and discrimination of land mines (D.Donskoy, SPIE, v.3392, 1998 and SPIE, v.3710, 1999). The tests were conducted in summer 2001 at the U.S. Army's outdoor testing facilities. Plastic antitank mines (M19, VS1.6, VS2.2) and plastic antipersonnel mines (M14, VS50, TS50) were confidently detected at their maximum burial depths in both gravel and dirt lanes. Mine M14 is one of the smallest mine and is very difficult to detect by other techniques. The test proved that the nonlinear seismo-acoustic detection algorithm is very sensitive to AT and AP mines, while completely insensitive to false targets, such as rocks, chunks of metal or wood, thus promising to deliver high probability of detection with low false alarm rate. The results of the tests are in good agreement with the developed physical model of the seismo-acoustic detection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)685-694
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume4742
Issue numberII
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
EventProceedings of the 2002 Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IV - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 1 Apr 20025 Apr 2002

Keywords

  • Land mine detection
  • Mechanical impedance
  • Nonlinear interaction
  • Seismic and acoustic waves

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