| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/M508378/1 |
| Title: |
SIGMA - Study of Industrial Gravity Measurement Applications |
| Principal Investigator: |
Metje, Professor N |
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| Department: |
Civil Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Technology Programme |
| Starts: |
01 June 2015 |
Ends: |
31 May 2016 |
Value (£): |
116,296
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
The SIGMA - 'Study of Industrial Gravity Measurement Applications' project is a collaboration between RSK and the
University of Birmingham (UoB) to carry out a feasibility study identifying the potential of Quantum Technology (QT) gravity
sensors in geophysical surveys for environmental and engineering applications such as locating buried objects and finding
voids. These QT sensors currently do not exist, but are the focus of many research activities in UK universities such as the
GG-TOP project at the UoB developing a gravity gradient sensors with many more sensor developments planned as part of
the UoB led QT Hub, if funded. For the QT sensors to achieve an accelerated commercialization, it is vital to ensure that
they meet user needs. Therefore, this project will assess the current geophysical sensing technologies, establish their
limitations and also operational parameters. This will allow provide a quantitative assessment matrix against which the QT
sensors can be judged. It will further provide those developing the QT sensors with a specification of capability to strive for.
In a second step, this project will assess environmental and instrument noise and incorporate these into a forward model.
This will provide information on the necessary sensitivity and tolerable noise levels for the QT sensors. Ultimately, it will be
necessary to develop inversion models, which relate the measured signals to buried features in the ground. It is not within
the scope of this project to seek to create new inversion tools, however it is possible to use the output from the forward
models to evaluate the capability of existing inversion tools available in the commercial market, and to prescribe the
additional requirements of a
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.bham.ac.uk |