HFEMI data from carbon rods, wires, and improvised explosive device constituent parts

Benjamin E. Barrowes; Danney Glaser; Mikheil Prishvin; Guy Jutras; Kevin O'Neill; Fridon Shubitidze

doi:10.1117/12.2519048

10 May 2019 HFEMI data from carbon rods, wires, and improvised explosive device constituent parts

Benjamin E. Barrowes, Danney Glaser, Mikheil Prishvin, Guy Jutras, Kevin O'Neill, Fridon Shubitidze

Proceedings Volume 11012, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XXIV; 110120Q (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519048
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

High-frequency electromagnetic induction (HFEMI) extends the established EMI frequency range above 100 kHz to perhaps 20 MHz. In this higher frequency range, less-conductive targets display heretofore unseen responses in their inphase and quadrature components. Improvised explosive device constituent parts, such as carbon rods, small pressure plates, conductivity voids, low metal content mines, and short wires respond to HFEMI but not to traditional EMI. Results from recent testing over mock-ups of less conductive IEDs or their components show distinctive HFEMI responses, suggesting that this new sensing realm could augment the detection and discrimination capability of established EMI technology. The electrical conductivity of soil may contribute, in effect, to the imaginary part of the permittivity of soil and may then, in turn, generate perceptible responses in traditional EMI. In HFEMI, both the real and complete imaginary parts of soil permittivity produce notable effects. Pursuing this, lab tests with tap water and variously saturated Ottawa sand were compared with results from time domain reflectometry.

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Benjamin E. Barrowes, Danney Glaser, Mikheil Prishvin, Guy Jutras, Kevin O'Neill, and Fridon Shubitidze "HFEMI data from carbon rods, wires, and improvised explosive device constituent parts", Proc. SPIE 11012, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XXIV, 110120Q (10 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519048

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