A Study on the Detecting Underground Pipes Using Magnetic Mathod

자기장을 이용한 매설배관의 위치탐지에 관한 연구

  • 석창성 (성균관대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 배봉국 (성균관대학교 기계공학부 대학원) ;
  • 김정표 (성균관대학교 기계공학부 대학원)
  • Published : 2003.09.01

Abstract

As increasing underground facilities, more effective management is needed nowadays. It is important to get an accurate information of underground facilities to manage that, so some methods of detecting location - electromagnetic induction method, ground penetration radar method, sound wave method - are used to obtain the information of underground facilities. In this study, a magnetic method to detect underground facilities was developed. In the magnetic method, underground facilities are detected by a detector and the magnetic marker which is a permanent magnet and used to marking the location by attaching underground facilities. A test field was constructed for experiment with the magnetic marker, PVC pipe, and steel pipe under ground 1.5m, and a ferromagnetic detector was used for measurement. Magnetic strengths of the magnetic marker were measured by the detector at each location in the test field, and analyzed by magnetic field analysis tool in the same condition. In the result, the underground pipes of 1.5m below were detectable within the deviation $\pm$0.2m. When For applying this method, it should be considered that ferromagnetic materials around the detector could affect a measured value.

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