Integration of a magnetometer into a small electric uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) for airborne geophysics

将磁力计集成到小型电动无人机 (UAV) 中，用于机载地球物理

• 批准号: 499395-2016
• 负责人: Laliberté, Jeremy
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Carleton University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=607402
• 关键词: Integration; magnetometer; into; small; electric

Airborne magnetic surveys are an important tool for modern geological surveys to detect ore-bodies and other buried geological or artificial features of interest. Until recently, manned aircraft were used exclusively for these surveys. The proliferation of advanced, low cost uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs) has led to growing interest in their ability to complement existing manned aircraft for these surveys. Uninhabited aircraft offer safety and efficiency improvements over manned aircraft. Additionally, UAVs can operate at lower heights above the ground - improving the accuracy of the magnetic field measurements. Although some companies are already offering magnetic surveys using UAVs there are significant challenges. The industrial partner in this proposed NSERC Engage project is already an established world leader in ground- and aircraft-based magnetometers and has recently developed a miniaturized magnetometer for UAV applications. Carleton has a small (<25 kg) fixed wing UAV platform (Corvus) which has been developed as a test bed for airborne geophysics and other applications. This in-house platform will provide an excellent test bed for the proposed project. Using magnetometers loaned from GEM Systems, the students will measure and assess the sources of

机载磁力勘测是现代地质勘测的重要工具，用于探测矿体和其他感兴趣的埋藏地质或人工特征。直到最近，有人驾驶飞机还专门用于这些调查。先进、低成本无人机 (UAV) 的激增引发了人们对其补充现有有人驾驶飞机进行这些调查的能力越来越感兴趣。与有人驾驶飞机相比，无人飞机可提高安全性和效率。此外，无人机可以在离地面较低的高度运行，从而提高磁场测量的准确性。尽管一些公司已经使用无人机提供磁力勘测，但仍面临重大挑战。拟议的 NSERC Engage 项目的工业合作伙伴已经是地面和机载磁力计领域的世界领先者，并且最近开发了一种用于无人机应用的小型磁力计。卡尔顿拥有一个小型（<25公斤）固定翼无人机平台（Corvus），该平台被开发为机载地球物理和其他应用的测试台。这个内部平台将为拟议项目提供出色的测试平台。使用从 GEM Systems 借来的磁力计，学生将测量和评估磁力的来源