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Advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method
Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2001.
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| author | Futter, Peter W. |
| author2 | Davidson, D. B. |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2478 Advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method Futter, Peter W. Davidson, D. B. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Ground penetrating radar Mining geology Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Theses -- Electronic engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. Over the last decade, as the mining industry of South Africa is moving to ever deeper mines, the borehole radar is becoming an increasingly important field of research. In December 2000, Burger completed his thesis on Electromagnetic Modelling of a Borehole Radar Environment with the FDTD Method. The goal of this thesis is to extend the research presented in Burger's thesis, considering how more advanced modelling techniques can be applied to the FDTD analysis of the borehole radar environment. Some of these techniques include implementation of dispersive and conductive material models, and developing Uniaxial Perfectly Matched Layer boundary conditions for matching these model. Simulations were run to measure the performance of these boundary condition for matching dispersive and conductive materials. The thesis also includes the implementation of a parallel version of the FDTD algorithm using the Message Passing Interface library. Finally several realistic borehole models where simulated to test the accuracy of the code and to show how the code can be used to model real world problems. 2010-01-07T13:09:03Z 2010-06-01T08:49:43Z 2010-01-07T13:09:03Z 2010-06-01T08:49:43Z 2001-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2478 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Ground penetrating radar Mining geology Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Theses -- Electronic engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Futter, Peter W. Advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method |
| title | Advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method |
| title_full | Advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method |
| title_fullStr | Advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method |
| title_short | Advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method |
| title_sort | advanced modelling of a borehole radar environment with the finite difference time domain method |
| topic | Ground penetrating radar Mining geology Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Theses -- Electronic engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2478 |
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