Engineering topics

Gopalsami, Nachappa

Publications and source records attributed to Gopalsami, Nachappa.

5 records

DOE OSTI2018

Long-Range Monostatic Remote Sensing of Geomaterial Structure Weak Vibrations

We study analytically and numerically signal sensitivity in remote sensing measurements of weak mechanical vibration of structures made of typical construction geomaterials, such as concrete. The analysis includes considerations of electromagnetic beam atmospheric absorption, reflection, scattering, diffraction and losses. Comparison is made between electromagnetic frequencies of 35GHz (Ka-band), 94GHz (W-band) and 260GHz (WR-3 waveguide band), corresponding to atmospheric transparency windows of the electromagnetic spectrum. Numerical simulations indicate that 94GHz frequency is optimal in terms of signal sensitivity and specificity for long-distance (> 1.5km) sensing of weak multi-mode vibrations.

Heifetz, Alexander↗

DOE OSTI2016

Brain Implants for Prediction and Mitigation of Epileptic Seizures - Final CRADA Report

This is a CRADA final report on C0100901 between Argonne National Laboratory and Flint Hills Scientific, LLC of Lawrence, Kansas. Two brain implantable probes, a surface acoustic wave probe and a miniature cooling probe, were designed, built, and tested with excellent results.

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES↗

DOE OSTI2015

Interferometric millimeter wave and THz wave doppler radar

A mixerless high frequency interferometric Doppler radar system and methods has been invented, numerically validated and experimentally tested. A continuous wave source, phase modulator (e.g., a continuously oscillating reference mirror) and intensity detector are utilized. The intensity detector measures the intensity of the combined reflected Doppler signal and the modulated reference beam. Rigorous mathematics formulas have been developed to extract bot amplitude and phase from the measured intensity signal. Software in Matlab has been developed and used to extract such amplitude and phase information from the experimental data. Both amplitude and phase are calculated and the Doppler frequency signature of the object is determined.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗

DOE OSTI2015

Radar detection of radiation-induced ionization in air

A millimeter wave measurement system has been developed for remote detection of airborne nuclear radiation, based on electromagnetic scattering from radiation-induced ionization in air. Specifically, methods of monitoring radiation-induced ionization of air have been investigated, and the ionized air has been identified as a source of millimeter wave radar reflection, which can be utilized to determine the size and strength of a radiation source.

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ↗

DOE OSTI2015

Compressive passive millimeter wave imager

A compressive scanning approach for millimeter wave imaging and sensing. A Hadamard mask is positioned to receive millimeter waves from an object to be imaged. A subset of the full set of Hadamard acquisitions is sampled. The subset is used to reconstruct an image representing the object.

42 ENGINEERING↗