Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2000. / South Africa has an immensely rich reserve of minerals which still has
to be exploited. The problem with these reserves is that they exist in
reefs where the mining environment is extremely hazardous, and where
mining is very expensive. These are only two of the reasons why borehole
radar has recently become a very important field of research in the South
African mining industry. These radars have to operate in rock, which
has a number of electromagnetically problematic characteristics, which
greatly complicate modelling and design of suitable radars. The goal of
this project is to demonstrate how the Finite Difference Time Domain
(FDTD) method may be used to electromagnetically model and simulate
borehole radars and subterranean environments.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/3067 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Burger, Ernst H. |
| Contributors | Davidson, D. B., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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