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Impulse Backscattering based Detection and Imaging of Shallow Buried Objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Surajit Sen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260–1500, USA
Donald P. Visco Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
T. R. Krishna Mohan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260–1500, USA and CSIR Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore 560037, India
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Abstract

We discuss our recent work on simulational studies of impulse propagation and backscattering for the detection and imaging of shallow buried objects in close packed granular beds.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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