Master of Science / Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering / William L. Dunn / Improvised explosives devices (IEDs) are the cause of many casualties worldwide. Current
methods for detecting IEDs are insufficient. A signature-based scanning technique based
upon the fact that explosives consist primarily of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon
is examined as a possible rapid, standoff method for detecting IEDs. Devices employing
this method rely on a template-matching technique in which the detector responses acquired
through neutron and photon interrogation are compared to responses from a known explosive.
A figure-of-merit is calculated to determine how well the template and the unknown match.
This thesis explores the feasibility of employing the neutron interrogation aspect of this
method.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:KSU/oai:krex.k-state.edu:2097/2230 |
| Date | January 1900 |
| Creators | Brewer, Rebecca L. |
| Publisher | Kansas State University |
| Source Sets | K-State Research Exchange |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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