Integration of a magnetometer into a small electric uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) for airborne geophysics

航磁调查是现代地质调查的重要工具，用于探测矿体和其他埋藏的地质或人造地物。直到最近，有人驾驶的飞机还专门用于这些调查。先进、低成本的无人驾驶飞行器(UAV)的激增使人们对它们是否有能力补充现有的有人驾驶飞机进行这些调查产生了越来越大的兴趣。与有人驾驶飞机相比，无人驾驶飞机提供了更高的安全性和效率。此外，无人机可以在离地面较低的高度运行，从而提高了磁场测量的准确性。尽管一些公司已经在提供使用无人机的磁力测量，但仍面临着巨大的挑战。在这个拟议的NSERC Engage项目中，工业合作伙伴已经是地面和飞机磁力计领域的老牌世界领先者，最近开发了一种用于无人机应用的微型磁力仪。Carleton拥有一个小型(25公斤)固定翼无人机平台(Corvus)，该平台已被开发为航空地球物理和其他应用的试验台。这一内部平台将为拟议的项目提供一个极好的试验台。使用从GEM Systems借来的磁力计，学生将测量和评估

Airborne magnetic surveys are an important tool for modern geological surveys to detect ore-bodies and other buried geological or artificial features of interest. Until recently, manned aircraft were used exclusively for these surveys. The proliferation of advanced, low cost uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs) has led to growing interest in their ability to complement existing manned aircraft for these surveys. Uninhabited aircraft offer safety and efficiency improvements over manned aircraft. Additionally, UAVs can operate at lower heights above the ground - improving the accuracy of the magnetic field measurements. Although some companies are already offering magnetic surveys using UAVs there are significant challenges. The industrial partner in this proposed NSERC Engage project is already an established world leader in ground- and aircraft-based magnetometers and has recently developed a miniaturized magnetometer for UAV applications. Carleton has a small (<25 kg) fixed wing UAV platform (Corvus) which has been developed as a test bed for airborne geophysics and other applications. This in-house platform will provide an excellent test bed for the proposed project. Using magnetometers loaned from GEM Systems, the students will measure and assess the sources of