Validation of Advanced EM Models for UXO Discrimination

Abstract

The work reported here details basic validation of our advanced physics-based electromagnetic induction forward and inverse models against data collected by the Naval Research Laboratory Time-Domain Electromagnetic Multisensor Towed Array Detection System platform. The data were collected under laboratory-type conditions using both artificial spheroidal targets and real unexploded ordnance (UXO). The artificial target models are essentially exact and enable detailed comparison of theory and data in support of measurement platform characterization and target identification. Real UXO targets cannot be treated exactly, but it is demonstrated that quantitative comparisons of the data with the spheroid models nevertheless aid in extracting key target discrimination information, such as target geometry and hollow target shell thickness.