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Finding Trapped Miners by Using a Prototype Seismic Recording System Made From Music-Recording Hardware
The goal of this project was to construct a low-cost, prototype seismic recording system for helping rescue personnel determine if people trapped underground are alive and, if so, to locate them. The assumption is that the trapped person(s) will be making noise by tapping on the sides of the chamber (mine, cave, tunnel collapsed building). The intent is for the rescuers at the surface, or in adjacent parts of the structure, to use seismic waves, which are sound waves transmitted through rock, to locate the victim(s). Rapidly locating and communicating with people trapped in underground mines or caverns, or in collapsed buildings, is crucial to their survival. Such disasters often destroy communications and air systems, and hypothermia can be an immediate concern in underground conditions. Cell phones rarely work from underground, and cell phones are not durable enough to survive underground conditions for long. It is, therefore, difficult after a mine or tunnel disaster to determine whether people are alive underground, and where they are located. The most obvious form of communication with people trapped underground is by tapping on the walls or ceiling of the underground chamber with a hammer or other object.
Finding Trapped Miners by Using a Prototype Seismic Recording System Made From Music-Recording Hardware
The goal of this project was to construct a low-cost, prototype seismic recording system for helping rescue personnel determine if people trapped underground are alive and, if so, to locate them. The assumption is that the trapped person(s) will be making noise by tapping on the sides of the chamber (mine, cave, tunnel collapsed building). The intent is for the rescuers at the surface, or in adjacent parts of the structure, to use seismic waves, which are sound waves transmitted through rock, to locate the victim(s). Rapidly locating and communicating with people trapped in underground mines or caverns, or in collapsed buildings, is crucial to their survival. Such disasters often destroy communications and air systems, and hypothermia can be an immediate concern in underground conditions. Cell phones rarely work from underground, and cell phones are not durable enough to survive underground conditions for long. It is, therefore, difficult after a mine or tunnel disaster to determine whether people are alive underground, and where they are located. The most obvious form of communication with people trapped underground is by tapping on the walls or ceiling of the underground chamber with a hammer or other object.
Finding Trapped Miners by Using a Prototype Seismic Recording System Made From Music-Recording Hardware
T. L. Pratt (author)
2009
38 pages
Report
No indication
English
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