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Migration of a horizontal metallic pipeFigure 50 shows the vertical cross section X axis of the buried pipe before migration.. Figure 54 and Figure 55 show the horizontal cross sections

4.4.2.1 Migration of a horizontal metallic pipe

Figure 50 shows the vertical cross section (X axis) of the buried pipe before migration The reflection profile created by the pipe can be clearly seen After 3-D migration, the reflection profile is focused and a clearer image of the pipe appears, as shown in Figure 51 Figure 52 and Figure 53 show the same buried object but in the direction of Y axis The buried pipe looks like a flat reflector in this direction Figure 54 and Figure 55 show the horizontal cross sections and Figure 56 shows two 3-D views of the migrated data The computed parameters

of the buried pipe are shown in Table 11.

4.4.2.2 Migration of a metallic coffee cup and a small metallic plate

In this experiment we buried two small metallic object separated by about 12cm The objects are a coffee cup and the a metal plate Figure 57 and Figure 58 shows the vertical cross sections of the data in the X axis before and after migration It is not clear from these cross sections that there are two buried objects If we display the cross section in the Y axis

as shown in Figure 59 and Figure 60, we can clearly see the two separate objects They can also be clearly seen in the horizontal cross sections in Figure 62 and in 3-D views in Figure

63 The computed the parameters of the two objects are shown in Table 12 for the coffee cup and in Table 13 for the small plate.

Centroid horizontal position (cm) (0.0,-3.5) (-4.21,-0.36) 5.71

Depth of the reflecting surface at the

centroid (cm)

Table 11 Parameter for the metallic pipe in Figure 56.

Centroid horizontal position (cm) (0.0,-18.0) (-1.33,-20.67) 2.98

Table 12 Parameter for the metallic coffee cup

4.4.2.3 Migration of a non-horizontal metallic pipe

So far we have presented the result of 3-D migration of horizontal objects In order to see if

we can extract the orientation of the objects as well as the location, we buried a pipe with an azimuth angle of 45 degrees and elevation angle of -16 degrees Figure 64 to Figure 67 shows the vertical cross sections before and after 3-D migration It is very hard to determine the orientation of the pipe from these cross sections, even after the data are migrated On the other hands the horizontal cross section, as shown in Figure 68 and Figure 69, show the hor-izontal orientation of the pipe quite clearly The vertical and the horhor-izontal orientation of the pipe can be clearly seen in the two 3-D views in Figure 70 The computed parameters are shown in Table 14 The biggest error is in the length of the pipe If we lower the threshold value, then the computed length will closer to the actual length The orientation of the object

is computed quite accurately, especially the azimuth angle.

Depth of the reflecting surface at the

centroid (cm)

Centroid horizontal position (cm) (0.0,7.0) (-1.5,10.53) 3.84‘

Depth of the reflecting surface at the

centroid (cm)

Table 13 Parameter for the metallic plate.

Centroid horizontal position (cm) (-9.0,-2.5) (-11.24,-14.24) 11.95

Table 14 Parameter for the metallic pipe in Figure 96.

Table 12 Parameter for the metallic coffee cup

4.4.2.4 .Migration of a plastic anti-tank mine

All the results that we have presented so far involves imaging metallic objects Since the ability to detect and locate non-metallic objects is one of GPR advantages, we buried a plas-tic anti tank mine Figure 71 through Figure 76 shows the cross sections of the data before and after migration in various directions The mine can be clearly seen in all the cross sec-tions Two 3-D views of the mine are shown in Figure 77 The computed parameters are shown in Table 15.

Depth of the reflecting surface at the

centroid (cm)

Centroid horizontal position (cm) (0.0,0.0) (-2.07,2.78) 3.47

Depth of the reflecting surface at the

centroid (cm)

Table 15 Parameter for the plastic anti-tank mine.

Table 14 Parameter for the metallic pipe in Figure 96.

Figure 50: Vertical cross sections (X axis) before 3-D migration The object is a metallic pipe

(diameter=12cm, length=30cm).

Figure 51: Vertical cross sections (X axis) after 3-D migration The object is a metallic pipe

(diameter=12cm, length=30cm).

Figure 52: Vertical cross sections (Y axis) before 3-D migration The object is a metallic pipe

(diameter=12cm, length=30cm).

Figure 53: Vertical cross sections (Y axis) after 3-D migration The object is a metallic pipe

(diameter=12cm, length=30cm).

Figure 54: Horizontal cross sections before 3-D migration The object is a metallic pipe

(diameter=12cm, length=30cm).

Figure 55: Horizontal cross sections after 3-D migration The object is a metallic pipe

(diameter=12cm, length=30cm).

Figure 56: Two views of the occupied voxels showing the buried pipe.

Figure 57: Vertical cross sections (X axis) before 3-D migration The first object is a metallic coffee cup (diameter= 10cm, length = 15cm) and the second object is a small metallic plate (11cm by 11cm).

Figure 58: Vertical cross sections (X axis) after 3-D migration The first object is a metallic coffee cup (diameter= 10cm, length = 15cm) and the second object is a small metallic plate (11cm by 11cm).

Metallic coffee cup

Metallic

plate

Figure 59: Vertical cross sections (Y axis) before 3-D migration The first object is a metallic coffee cup (diameter= 10cm, length = 15cm) and the second object is a small metallic plate (11cm by 11cm).

Figure 60: Vertical cross sections (Y axis) after 3-D migration The first object is a metallic coffee cup (diameter= 10cm, length = 15cm) and the second object is a small metallic plate (11cm by 11

cm).

Metallic

coffee cup

Metallic

plate

Figure 61: Horizontal cross sections before 3-D migration The first object is a metallic coffee cup (diameter= 10cm, length = 15cm) and the second object is a small metallic plate (11cm by 11 cm).

Figure 62: Horizontal cross sections after 3-D migration The first object is a metallic coffee cup (diameter= 10cm, length = 15cm) and the second object is a small metallic plate (11cm by 1cm).

Metallic

coffee cup

Metallic

plate

Figure 63: Two views of the occupied voxels after 3-D migration showing the buried metallic

coffee cup and plate.

Metallic

coffee cup

Metallic plate

Figure 64: Vertical cross sections (X axis) before 3-D migration The object is a diagonally oriented

metallic pipe (diameter=7cm, length=60cm).

Figure 65: Vertical cross sections (X axis) after 3-D migration The object is a diagonally oriented

metallic pipe (diameter=7cm, length=60cm).

Figure 66: Vertical cross sections (Y axis) before 3-D migration The object is a diagonally oriented

metallic pipe (diameter=7cm, length=60cm).

Figure 67: Vertical cross sections (Y axis) after 3-D migration The object is a diagonally oriented

metallic pipe (diameter=7cm, length=60cm).

Figure 68: Horizontal cross sections before 3-D migration The object is a diagonally oriented

metallic pipe (diameter=7cm, length=60cm).

Figure 69: Horizontal cross sections after 3-D migration The object is a diagonally oriented

metallic pipe (diameter=7cm, length=60cm).

Figure 70: Two views of the occupied voxels after 3-D migration showing the diagonal pipe.

Figure 71: Vertical cross sections (X axis) before 3-D migration The object is an anti tank plastic

mine (diameter=30cm, thickness=10cm).

Figure 72: Vertical cross sections (X axis) after 3-D migration The object is an anti tank plastic

mine (diameter=30cm, thickness=10cm).