Design a Warning System for Dam Breaking Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Behzad Fallahpour, Mojtaba; Behzad Fallahpour, Mojtaba; Behzad Fallahpour, Mojtaba; Behzad Fallahpour, Mojtaba

Design a Warning System for Dam Breaking Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ PhD student of Telecommunication Engineering, Malek ashtar University of Technology, Tehran

² Assistant Professor, Dept. of Passive Defence, Malek ashtar University of Technology

³ Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Malek ashtar University of Technology

⁴ Professor, Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Shiraz University

Abstract

Dams as one of the most important energy infrastructure have a significant role in water supply of the region, province or country. Also in terms of energy, they are hydro electrical-water power stations that produce electrical energy from the potential energy in the water behind the dam. Therefore, from the perspective of emergency management, identifying any degradation (cracks, break, etc.) in the body of the dam is very important. Because ultimately, these damages can lead to a break of the dam and the break dam caused a very big emergency for the region. This paper attempts to design a warning image system using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), in order to detect any degradation in the body of the dam and thus guarantee the performance continuation of the dam. System designed unlike warning optical system capable to imaging in any weather (fog, dust, etc.) and compares the taken image and saved image from healthy dam, to extract the degradation area in the desired dam.

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