An experimental study of the time-domain electromagnetic response of a buried conductive plate

Geophysics ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. G1-G7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Everett ◽  
Alfonso Benavides ◽  
Carl J. Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Metal Plate ◽  
Electromagnetic Response ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Conductive Plate ◽  
Spatial Response ◽  
Time Domain Electromagnetic ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
Cultural Noise

It is important to understand the effects of a buried metal object on electromagnetic data, whether the object is a source of cultural noise or a target of interest. The time-domain electromagnetic response of a buried metal plate exhibits several remarkable properties. An experimental study has been undertaken to confirm these properties. The spatial response of a shallow-buried plate is temporally self-similar and exhibits a late-time dipolelike response. Clutter-generated noise can be significant if the plate is poorly coupled to the primary transmitter flux. A vertical plate exhibits a transition from a horizontal to a vertical mode of eddy current induction.

Electromagnetic mapping of saline contamination at an active brine pit

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
I J Ferguson ◽  
W J Taylor ◽  
K Schmigel
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Signal Distortion ◽  
Electromagnetic Methods ◽  
Time Domain Electromagnetic ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Limited Degree ◽  
Cultural Noise

Frequency-domain and time-domain electromagnetic methods were used to investigate groundwater contamination at an active brine pit in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The objectives of the survey were to delineate contamination suspected to be occuring at the site and to compare frequency-domain electromagnetic (FDEM) and time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) measurements in a survey area containing pipelines, fences, and power lines. The survey successfully delineated a region of high conductivity around brine pit, confirming that leakage is occurring from the pit. Modelling of the FDEM results suggests the contamination is spreading within a series of shallow sand units. Comparison of FDEM and TDEM survey results indicate that small-separation FDEM systems are much more useful for mapping in a developed area containing sources of cultural noise. The FDEM systems permit rapid mapping of spatial variations in conductivity, are affected to only a limited degree by cultural features, and provide some resolution of the depth variation of conductivity at shallow depth. It was not possible to obtain useful TDEM measurements anywhere near the active brine pit because of the signal distortion in the late-time response. Key words: geophysics, electromagnetic, brine pit, saline contamination.

The time-domain electromagnetic response of wedge-like structures

2004 ◽  
Vol 2004 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
David Annetts ◽  
Art Raiche ◽  
Fred Sugeng
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Electromagnetic Response ◽  
Time Domain Electromagnetic ◽  
The Time Domain

Three-dimensional modeling of IP effects in time-domain electromagnetic data

Geophysics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. E303-E314 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Marchant ◽  
Eldad Haber ◽  
Douglas W. Oldenburg
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Dependence ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Electromagnetic Coupling ◽  
Electromagnetic Response ◽  
Implicit Time ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Electromagnetic Data ◽  
Rational Series ◽  
Time Domain Electromagnetic ◽  
The Time Domain

Understanding the effects of induced-polarization (IP) effects on time-domain electromagnetic data requires the ability to simulate common survey techniques when taking chargeability into account. Most existing techniques preform this modeling in the frequency domain prior to transforming their results to the time domain. Even though this technique can allow for chargeable material to be easily incorporated, its application for some problems can be computationally limiting. We developed a new technique for forward modeling the time-domain electromagnetic response of chargeable materials in three dimensions. The frequency dependence of Ohms’ law translates to an ordinary differential equation when considered in the time domain. The system of ordinary-partial differential equations was then discretized using an implicit time-stepping algorithm, that yielded absolute stability. This approach allowed us to operate directly in the time domain and avoid frequency to time-domain transformations. Although this approach can be applied directly to materials exhibiting Debye dispersions, other Cole-Cole dispersions resulted in fractional derivatives in time. To overcome this difficulty, Padé approximations were used to represent the frequency dependence as a rational series of integer order terms. The resulting method was then simplified to generate a reduced time-domain model that can be used to forward model the IP decay curves in the absence of any electromagnetic coupling. We found numerical examples in which the method produced accurate results. The potential application of the method was demonstrated by modeling the full time-domain electromagnetic response of a gradient array IP survey, and the occurrence of negative transients in airborne time-domain electromagnetic data.

scholarly journals Lightweight Unmanned Aerial System for Time-Domain Electromagnetic Prospecting—The Next Stage in Applied UAV-Geophysics

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Parshin ◽  
Ayur Bashkeev ◽  
Yuriy Davidenko ◽  
Marina Persova ◽  
Sergey Iakovlev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Pulse Generator ◽  
Measuring System ◽  
Electromagnetic Sounding ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Time Domain Electromagnetic ◽  
Unmanned System ◽  
Classical Triad ◽  
The Time Domain

Nowadays in solving geological problems, the technologies of UAV-geophysics, primarily magnetic and gamma surveys, are being increasingly used. However, for the formation of the classical triad of airborne geophysics methods in the UAV version, there was not enough technology for UAV-electromagnetic sounding, which would allow studying the geological environment at depths of tens and hundreds of meters with high detail. This article describes apparently the first technology of UAV-electromagnetic sounding in the time domain (TDEM, TEM), implemented as an unmanned system based on a light multi-rotor UAV. A measuring system with an inductive sensor—an analogue of a 20 × 20 or 50 × 50 m receiving loop is towed by a UAV, and a galvanically grounded power transmitter is on the ground and connected to a pulse generator. The survey is carried out along a network of parallel lines at low altitude with a terrain draping at a speed of 7–8 m/s, the maximum distance of the UAV’s departure from the transmitter line can reach several kilometers, thus the created technology is optimal for performing detailed areal electromagnetic soundings in areas of several square kilometers. The results of the use of the unmanned system (UAS) in real conditions of the mountainous regions of Eastern Siberia are presented. Based on the obtained data, the sensitivity of the system was simulated and it was shown that the developed technology allows one to collect informative data and create geophysical sections and maps of electrical resistivity in various geological situations. According to the authors, the emergence of UAV-TEM systems in the near future will significantly affect the practice of geophysical work, as it was earlier with UAV-magnetic prospecting and gamma-ray survey.

Experimental Study on the Performance of Constrained Damped Rail Vibration Reduction

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
L.Y. Liu ◽  
J.Y. Li ◽  
X.J. Yin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Vibration Amplitude ◽  
Impact Load ◽  
Vibration Reduction ◽  
Time Domain Analysis ◽  
Experimental Basis ◽  
Vibration Acceleration ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
Vibration Performance

To study the vibration reduction performance of damped rail, we take the standard rail and labyrinth constrained damped rail as the study target. By testing the vibration performance of both standard rail and labyrinth constrained damped rail in an anechoic room, we use the time-domain analysis to study the vibration changes with time passing. The results showed that: the labyrinth constrained damped rail vibration can effectively reduce the vibration amplitude and duration. Under the radial impact load, compared to the standard rail, vibration acceleration attenuation of the labyrinth constrained damped rail is 5% −19%, time of vibration and attenuation greater than 94%; under the axial impact load, compared to the standard rail, vibration acceleration attenuation of the labyrinth constrained damped rail is 9% −21%, time of vibration and attenuation greater than 92%. The results have provided an experimental basis for the design of new constrained damped rail.

Experimental study of UWB antenna in the time domain

2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 554-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung S. Lee ◽  
Sang S. Choi ◽  
Jong K. Park ◽  
Kyoung R. Cho
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Uwb Antenna ◽  
The Time Domain

Simple inversion of time‐domain electromagnetic data

Geophysics ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 925-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. T. Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Eddy Currents ◽  
Early Time ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Current Filament ◽  
Equivalent Current ◽  
Time Domain Electromagnetic ◽  
Inversion Procedure ◽  
Current Filaments ◽  
Simple Inversion

The eddy currents induced in a thin confined conductor by a fixed‐loop time‐domain EM system can be represented by a single equivalent current filament. The equivalent current filament stays in the plane of the conductor at all times during the decay of the secondary field, but tends to migrate from a position of maximum primary field coupling at early time toward the center of the conductor at late time. This filament approximation is used in the design of a least‐squares inversion procedure which fits circular or rectangular current filaments to an observed eddy current distribution. The inversion procedure provides a rapid but precise means of estimating the position, size, and attitude of a conductor which has been detected by a time‐domain EM survey.

scholarly journals Megasource time-domain electromagnetic sounding at Poggi del Sasso - Cinigiano (GR)

1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (5 Sup.) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. V. Keller ◽  
P. Cantini ◽  
R. Carrara ◽  
O. Faggioni ◽  
E. Pinna
Keyword(s):  
Depth Profile ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Dipole Source ◽  
Electromagnetic Noise ◽  
Electromagnetic Sounding ◽  
Piecewise Constant ◽  
Time Domain Electromagnetic ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
Single Set

An experiment was carried out in the vicinity of the “I Terzi” area in Southeastern Tuscany (fig. 1) to evaluate the applicability of the Time Domain Electromagnetic (TDEM) sounding method under the geological and environmental conditions prevailing in that area. An electromagnetic source was established using a motor-generator set and heavy cable. Measurements were attempted at four sites. Numerous samples of electromagnetic noise were recorded at each of these sites. At one site, signals transmitted for a grounded dipole source at 1.6 km distance were also recorded with the noise. The single set of observations has been processed and inverted to yield a six-layer piecewise constant resistivity depth-profile to a depth of about 2 km. The primary achievement of the experiment was demonstration of the praeticability of TDEM methods under the conditions prevailing in the site.

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