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Three-dimensional modelling of earth resistivity for non-uniform soil conditions

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dc.contributor.advisor Rodrigo A
dc.contributor.author Rajkumar K
dc.date.accessioned 2020
dc.date.available 2020
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/16838
dc.description.abstract The Grounding Resistance and Soil Resistivity plays a major role for the safe operation of electrical power systems, earthing system design, lightning protection systems etc. the corrosion level underground items like piling pipelines also can be evaluated with ground resistivity profiles. The researches and standards are mostly referring 2-layer soil conditions and horizontal multi layers, still the results are misinterpreted for different possible types of soil layers. In this research, three-dimensional modelling of earth resistivity layers done using apparent soil resistivity readings and applying the optimization algorithm. A methodology has been proposed to model the actual soil resistivity and layer thickness for a multi-layered soil structure. The apparent earth resistivity measured using Wenner four - point method. The readings further analyzed with MATLAB using genetic algorithm (GA). The results provided by the GA Constitute the three-dimensional modelling of actual earth resistivity profile for a non-uniform soil. The nobility of the research is to obtain the multi-layer soil characteristics and conclude it to a three-dimensional model through the measurements in soil electric properties in the top surface soil. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING-Dissertations en_US
dc.subject SOILS-Resistivity Measurements en_US
dc.subject GENETIC ALGORITHMS en_US
dc.subject OPTIMIZATION en_US
dc.title Three-dimensional modelling of earth resistivity for non-uniform soil conditions en_US
dc.type Thesis-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.degree MSc in Electrical Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Electrical Engineering en_US
dc.date.accept 2020
dc.identifier.accno TH4271 en_US


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