A Low-Cost Energy-Efficient Cableless Geophone Unit for Passive Surface Wave Surveys

Autor: Kaoshan Dai, Xiaofeng Li, Chuan Lu, Qingyu You, Zhenhua Huang, H. Felix Wu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 15, Iss 10, Pp 24698-24715 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s151024698
Popis: The passive surface wave survey is a practical, non-invasive seismic exploration method that has increasingly been used in geotechnical engineering. However, in situ deployment of traditional wired geophones is labor intensive for a dense sensor array. Alternatively, stand-alone seismometers can be used, but they are bulky, heavy, and expensive because they are usually designed for long-term monitoring. To better facilitate field applications of the passive surface wave survey, a low-cost energy-efficient geophone system was developed in this study. The hardware design is presented in this paper. To validate the system’s functionality, both laboratory and field experiments were conducted. The unique feature of this newly-developed cableless geophone system allows for rapid field applications of the passive surface wave survey with dense array measurements.
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