Low-Cost Mine Detector Design Using Magnetic Anomaly Method

Year 2022, , 1729 - 1740, 16.12.2022

Mehmet Fatih Işık , Çağrı Suiçmez , Cemal Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.2339/politeknik.1080410

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Buried mines pose great dangers to humans and animals around the world, which means thousands of people die each year from buried mines. Detecting and destroying these mines without harming people is an important issue. Today, these landmines are detected using different methods such as Ground Effect Radar, Electromagnetic induction, Infrared and Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance and active sensors are generally used in most of these methods. Although active sensor-based landmine detectors are often used for performance reasons, they can cause unintentional landmine explosions because they operate with transmitted and reflected signals. On the other hand, there is no such obstacle that can perform better in passive sensor-based landmine detectors depending on the design criteria. Therefore, in this study, a prototype design including passive sensor with magnetic anomaly method has been developed and shown. For the performance analysis of this detector, real landmines are used and the designed system is tested with different distance values in different soil types. The results show that the prototype produced successfully detects different types of landmines, is assertive in its lightness and only 1750 grams with its battery, providing sensitivity as well as advantages such as ease of use and low cost. It also shows the feature of being the first handheld landmine detector based on magnetic anomaly.

Keywords

Magnetic Anomaly, Land-mine Dedector, Land-mine Detection, Low-cost Dedetctor, Hand-held Detector

Manyetik Anomali Yöntemi Kullanılarak Düşük Maliyetli Mayın Dedektörü Tasarımı

Abstract

Gömülü mayınlar, dünyanın her yerindeki insanlar ve hayvanlar için büyük tehlikeler oluşturuyor, bu da her yıl binlerce insanın gömülü mayınlardan ölmesi anlamına geliyor. Bu mayınların insanlara zarar vermeden tespit edilip imha edilmesi önemli bir konudur. Günümüzde bu kara mayınları Yer Etkili Radar, Elektromanyetik indüksiyon, Kızılötesi ve Nükleer Dört Kutuplu Rezonans gibi farklı yöntemlerle tespit edilmekte ve bu yöntemlerin çoğunda genellikle aktif sensörler kullanılmaktadır. Aktif sensör tabanlı kara mayını dedektörleri genellikle performans nedenleriyle kullanılsa da, iletilen ve yansıyan sinyallerle çalıştıkları için kasıtsız kara mayını patlamalarına neden olabilirler. Öte yandan, tasarım kriterlerine bağlı olarak pasif sensör tabanlı kara mayını dedektörlerinde daha iyi performans gösterebilecek böyle bir engel yoktur. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada manyetik anomali yöntemi ile pasif sensör içeren bir prototip tasarımı geliştirilmiş ve gösterilmiştir. Bu dedektörün performans analizi için gerçek mayınlar kullanılmış ve tasarlanan sistem farklı toprak tiplerinde farklı mesafe değerleri ile test edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar, üretilen prototipin farklı tipteki mayınları başarıyla tespit ettiğini, hafifliğiyle iddialı olduğunu ve piliyle sadece 1750 gramlık hassasiyet sağladığını, kullanım kolaylığı ve düşük maliyet gibi avantajların yanında hassasiyet sağladığını gösteriyor. Ayrıca manyetik anomaliye dayalı ilk el mayın dedektörü olma özelliğini de göstermektedir.

Keywords

Manyetik anomali, Kara Mayını Dedektörü, Kara Mayını Algılama, Düşük Maliyetli Dedektör, El Dedektörü

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