FY71 Engineering Report on Surveillance Techniques for Civil Aviation Security

Barrington, Alfred E.; Frenkel, L.; Cline, J. E.; Landman, A.

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FY71 Engineering Report on Surveillance Techniques for Civil Aviation Security

1971-11-01
By Barrington, Alfred E. ; Frenkel, L. ; Cline, J. E.

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Creators:

Barrington, Alfred E. ; Frenkel, L. ; Cline, J. E. ; Landman, A.
Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
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Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-TSC-OST-71-20
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
Abstract:

This document discusses the work performed by the TSC task group on surveillance techniques in FY71. The principal section is devoted to the technical description, classification and evaluation of commercial metal detectors for concealed weapons. It includes an outline of operating principles, test and evaluation procedures, detailed engineerng data, and installatin requirements. The evaluation is based on extensive laboratory tests at TSC and on tests at major airports by TSC and other government agencies. A briefer section deals with baggage inspection devices for weapons and explosives. The effort in this area was devoted to the identification of promising commercial X-ray systems and vapor detectors ('Sniffers') In an initial survey, several X-ray inspection systems were identified, using conventional high-dosage or recently developed low-dosage radiation sources, whose characteristics are described briefly herein. The discussion of vapor detector is confined to three techniques: mass spectrometry, gas chromatography and bioluminescence. Principles of operation are outlined briefly and typical performance data are presented.
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[PDF - 4.69 MB]
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