(Non) Linear Acoustic detection

This Deliverable summarizes the EUDEM2 activities within WP4 – Technology Survey supported by WP7 Workshop Organization & Reporting (D20-D21, D22) and WP6 Interviews (D18, D19). The evolution of the Technology Survey activities during the three phases of the project is briefly sketched in the Introduction (Section 1). During the first phase of the project, the EUDEM2 partners have mostly concentrated on their respective fields of interest and expertise, in particular the Metal Detector Patent Study and its recent full revision, the studies on EM Methods in Geophysics, on Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Soil, on the Determination of Spatial Variability of Soil Conductivity, and on Acoustic Methods. The corresponding results are described in Section 2. The second and third phase of the project, described in Section 3, have seen increased emphasis on the understanding of the past/current R&D projects (EC co-funded and National ones), and in particular on synergies between the projects. The corresponding project descriptions and Organigrams are introduced as well. Section 4 deals with the “Catalogue of Advanced Technologies for HD”. This Catalogue summarizes to our opinion the main technological achievements of the last years. It is similar in concept to those already released by GICHD on metal detectors and mechanical systems, as well as to the RAND report. Work on this Catalogue has started during the second half of 2003, with discussions on the requirements and methodology, as well the results’ form. Section 5 deals with the structuring and analysis of the data collected from the Field Survey (D19) with the objective of producing the survey results, including a summary of the collected data and the corresponding analysis, as well as a “Catalogue of Demining Technologies in Field Use”.