Geophex Airborne Unmanned Survey System

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:171261

Won, I L; Keiswetter, D

Ground-based surveys place personnel at risk due to the proximity of buried unexploded ordnance (UXO) items or by exposure to radioactive materials and hazardous chemicals. The purpose of this effort is to design, construct, and evaluate a portable, remotely-piloted, airborne, geophysical survey system. This non-intrusive system will provide stand-off capability to conduct surveys and detect buried objects, structures, and conditions of interest at hazardous locations. During a survey, the operators remain remote from, but within visual distance of, the site. The sensor system never contacts the Earth, but can be positioned near the ground so that weak geophysical anomalies can be detected. The Geophex Airborne Unmanned Survey System (GAUSS) is designed to detect and locate small-scale anomalies at hazardous sites using magnetic and electromagnetic survey techniques. The system consists of a remotely-piloted, radio-controlled, model helicopter (RCH) with flight computer, light-weight geophysical sensors, an electronic positioning system, a data telemetry system, and a computer base-station. The report describes GAUSS and its test results.

• Research Organization: Geophex Ltd., Raleigh, NC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AR21-93MC30358
• OSTI ID: 171261
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/30358-96/CO593; CONF-9510108-44; ON: DE96003738; TRN: 96:003698
• Resource Relation: Conference: Environmental technology development through industry partnership, Morgantown, WV (United States), 3-5 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS
MONITORS
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE
SANITARY LANDFILLS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
REMOTE CONTROL
ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE
AERIAL MONITORING
HELICOPTERS
SCALE MODELS
DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS