Premium
UNDERGROUND DETECTION USING DIFFERENTIAL HEAT ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
BENNER S. M.,
BRODKEY R. S.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1984.tb00314.x
Subject(s) - thermal diffusivity , object (grammar) , infrared thermometer , thermometer , thermal , infrared , remote sensing , field (mathematics) , surface (topology) , geology , computer science , artificial intelligence , geometry , optics , meteorology , physics , mathematics , thermodynamics , pure mathematics
Field tests were conducted to determine if an object buried near the surface could be detected by monitoring the surface temperature of the soil. A series of tests using various object depths and thermal diffusivities were made with a portable infrared thermometer. In addition, a three‐dimensional, implicit computer simulation was used to model and normalize the data. The method of underground detection investigated appears to be effective not only in locating a buried object but also in estimating its thermal diffusivity. Furthermore, some idea of object shape and depth can be obtained.