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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Unexploded Ordnance"”.
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Remote Control of Hydraulic Equipment for Unexploded Ordnance Remediation
… A specific important situation is the removal of unexploded ordnance (UXO). The removal of UXO is a troubling environmental problem that plagues people around the world. This document addresses the danger that UXO pose to military groups in applications such as active range clearance and disposal …
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Classification, identification, and modeling of unexploded ordnance in realistic environments
Recovery of buried unexploded ordnance (UXO) is very slow and expensive due to the high false alarm rate created by clutter. Electromagnetic induction (EMI) has been shown to be a promising technique for UXO detection and discrimination. This thesis uses the EMI response of buried targets to …
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Measurement of projectile energy and velocity requirements for the disruption of unexploded ordnance
… required to separate the fuze from the casing of unexploded ordnance (UXO), also called disrupting the device. Preliminary tests were conducted using an explosive disrupting tool and the energy for disruption relative to input kinetic energy was estimated and used to design a test rig with …
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Teleoperated Control of Hydraulic Equipment for Hazardous Material Handling
… robustness, and durability in multiple unexploded ordnance (UXO) site remediation projects.
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Statistical methods for spatial screening
… and training usually are contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO). These sites can be returned to public use only after UXO remediation. The cleaning-up procedure is usually very expensive and time-consuming. This demands statistical tools to provide more effective sampling strategy and …
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Numerical methods for electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering in complex media
… technique to detect and discriminate buried unexploded ordnance (UXO). Time domain EMI sensing uses a transient primary magnetic field to induce currents within the UXO. These currents induce a secondary field that is measured and used to determine characteristics of the UXO. It is shown that …
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Hydrodynamic variability and bedform dynamics at an inner shelf artificial reef
… practices for structural design, seabed mine and unexploded ordnance detection, and archaeological and benthic habitat studies. Previous studies have focused on near bed currents and bed stressors (e.g. Trembanis et al., 2004), sorted bedforms (e.g. Green et al., 2004) and object scour (e.g. …
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Radar Imaging Applications for Mining and Landmine Detection
… and within rock. The resulting images detect unexploded ordnance (UXO) and detect fractures that pose collapse hazards in a mine. Detecting and characterizing fractures and voids within rock prior to excavation can enable mitigation of mine collapse hazards. GPR data were acquired on the wall …
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Explosive remnants of war: a case study of explosive ordnance disposal in Laos, 1974-2013
… disaster, resulting from the plethora of UneXploded Ordnance (UXO) in Laos, to clarify the performance of post-conflict humanitarian aid and development until 2012. This is achieved through case study field work in Laos. The time period studied is from 1954, the beginning of the political …
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A Minefield of Possibilities: The viability of Liberal Peace in Somaliland, with particular reference to Mine Action.
The dominant liberal peacebuilding critiques tends to focus on ‘states’ and the failure of interventions in rebuilding them. Consequently, a standardised critique has emerged largely because the critics apply a broad brush across a diverse range of contexts, programmes, issues and activities as …
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A Minefield of Possibilities: The viability of Liberal Peace in Somaliland, with particular reference to Mine Action.
The dominant liberal peacebuilding critiques tends to focus on ‘states’ and the failure of interventions in rebuilding them. Consequently, a standardised critique has emerged largely because the critics apply a broad brush across a diverse range of contexts, programmes, issues and activities as …