Doppler effect applications

Abstract

The importance of the Doppler effect lies in the fact that it is easily applied to extract information about moving bodies. The theory of the effect is basically very simple, however a more rigorous treatment shows that there are certain unexpected subtleties. These, however, have little practical importance at present. This work is concerned with practical applications of the effect. The first five chapters deal with various applications ranging from satellite tracking to applications in the medical field. In each case the use of the Doppler effect proves to be a very simple and efficient way of obtaining information about a moving object. The last three chapters deal exclusively with the basic design of an ultrasonic intrusion detection system using the effect. It is only hoped that this work proves to be interesting reading. My thanks are due to Miss Marie Calleja for her diligent and efficient typing of the text and to Mr. T. Cusens B.Sc. (Eng.) for his constant interest and valuable suggestions.