Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of mapping anomalies in homogenous material
- Patent Title (中): 测绘均匀材料异常的方法
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Application No.: US13796626Application Date: 2013-03-12
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Publication No.: US09329153B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Stanley E. Woodard , Bryant D. Taylor
- Applicant: U.S.A. as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , Marie Woodard
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Current Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Robin W. Edwards
- Main IPC: G01N27/82
- IPC: G01N27/82

Abstract:
An electrical conductor and antenna are positioned in a fixed relationship to one another. Relative lateral movement is generated between the electrical conductor and a homogenous material while maintaining the electrical conductor at a fixed distance from the homogenous material. The antenna supplies a time-varying magnetic field that causes the electrical conductor to resonate and generate harmonic electric and magnetic field responses. Disruptions in at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses during this lateral movement are indicative of a lateral location of a subsurface anomaly. Next, relative out-of-plane movement is generated between the electrical conductor and the homogenous material in the vicinity of the anomaly's lateral location. Disruptions in at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses during this out-of-plane movement are indicative of a depth location of the subsurface anomaly. A recording of the disruptions provides a mapping of the anomaly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150260685A1 Method of Mapping Anomalies in Homogenous Material Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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