| | Study on the State of the Art in the EU related to humanitarian |
| | 0,63 | | MB | demining technology, products and practice |
| | 65 | | stron |
| | 775 | | ID | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| | 1999 | | rok |
| | GUIDANCE THROUGH THE DOCUMENT – STRUCTURE |
| | 1. INTRODUCTION1 |
| | 1.1. FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THE EUDEM PROJECT HAS BEEN EXECUTED.1 |
| | 1.2. WHAT ARE THE EUDEM GOALS?.1 |
| | 1.3. HOW DID WE ACHIEVE THE EUDEM GOALS? .1 |
| | 1.4. NATURE OF THIS REPORT 2 |
| | 1.5. HOW WAS EUDEM PERCEIVED BY THE CONTACTED ACTORS?.2 |
| | 2. METHODS.2 |
| | 2.1. JUSTIFICATION OF THE CHOSEN DATABASE SYSTEM2 |
| | 2.2. THE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE EUDEM DATABASE3 |
| | 2.3. TYPICAL INTERVIEW SKELETON3 |
| | 3. THE EUDEM DATABASE: ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS.4 |
| | 3.1. IN GENERAL .4 |
| | 3.2. INVOLVEMENT IN HUMANITARIAN DEMINING .5 |
| | 3.3. TECHNOLOGIES STUDIED OR DEVELOPED IN EUROPE5 |
| | 4. THE STATE OF THE ART IN EUROPE6 |
| | 4.1. CURRENT EQUIPMENT IN THE FIELD .6 |
| | 4.1.1. Mine Dog Programs.6 |
| | 4.1.2. Manual Demining 7 |
| | 4.1.3. Metal Detectors7 |
| | EXPLANATION BOX.9 |
| | Metal Detectors (Electromagnetic Induction Devices) .9 |
| | Frequency Domain (Continuous Wave) Metal Detectors .9 |
| | Time Domain (Pulse) Metal Detectors9 |
| | 4.1.4. Mechanically Assisted Demining 9 |
| | 4.2. EMERGING SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES .11 |
| | 4.2.1 Enhanced Metal Detectors.11 |
| | 4.2.2. Passive Microwave Radiometers 11 |
| | 4.2.3. Infrared (IR).12 |
| | 4.2.4 Multi-spectral Imaging Systems .13 |
| | 4.2.5 X-ray Backscatter Techniques.13 |
| | 4.2.6 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) .13 |
| | 4.2.7 Bulk Explosive Detection Systems15 |
| | 4.2.8. Trace/Vapour Explosive Detection Systems17 |
| | 4.3. MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEMS.18 |
| | 4.3.1 Data Fusion Methods19 |
| | 4.3.2 Handheld Systems .19 |
| | 4.3.3. Vehicle Platforms.20 |
| | 4.4. TECHNOLOGICAL MATURITY21 |
| | 4.5. EC PROJECTS .22 |
| | 5. SMALL SCALE ANALYSIS OF ONGOING GOVERNMENT FUNDED R&D PROJECTS IN THE |
| | US .23 |
| | 6. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS 24 |
| | 6.1. POLICY.24 |
| | 6.2. PRACTICE.25 |
| | 6.3. TECHNOLOGY 25 |
| | 7. LIST OF ANNEXES29 |
| | 8. GLOSSARY29 |
| | ANNEX 1. EXISTING INFORMATION SOURCES AND DATABASES EXPLOITED AS “STARTING |
| | POINTS” .33 |
| | ANNEX 2. LIST OF RECEIVED DOCUMENTS, PUBLICITY BROCHURES, AND OTHER |
| | INFORMATION SOURCES34 |
| | ANNEX 3. QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE SURVEY.36 |
| | ANNEX 4. CHRONOLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF INTERVIEWS CARRIED OUT38 |
| | ANNEX 5. THE CASE-STUDY DONE IN THE US 39 |
| | 1. Introduction39 |
| | 2. Vendor Specifics.41 |
| | 3. Conclusion .44 |
| | 4. References 46 |
| | ANNEX 6. SOME LINKS TO GENERAL AND MORE TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON |
| | HUMANITARIAN DEMINING.47 |
| | ANNEX 7. COORDINATES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE CONTACTED FOR THE |
| | SURVEY .50 |