时延估计与双线阵左右舷分辨

针对双线列阵的左右舷分辨问题，特别是双线阵间距较大时的左右舷分辨问题，文中提出了一种以时延估计为理论基础的左右舷分辨方法，将双线阵的左右舷分辨问题转变成对轴向对称的两路波束信号进行时延估计，然后根据时延值的符号判断出目标所处的左右舷。该方法具有算法简单、对阵形畸变不敏感的优点。经过湖试实验数据分析验证，证明是一种简单、有效、可行的左右舷分辨技术。     

阵形畸变条件下双线阵左右舷分辨性能分析

研究了双线阵在两种阵形畸变(轴向滑移和航向偏差)条件下的左右舷分辨性能,根据双线阵指向性函数的背瓣特性分析了阵形畸变对左右舷分辨性能的影响。理论分析表明,在无阵形畸变的理想阵形情况下,窄带信号的左右舷分辨能力取决于阵间距和信噪比,而对宽带信号,左右舷分辨能力不仅与阵间距和信噪比有关,而且还与接收信号的功率谱密度、处理频段有关。在阵形发生轴向滑移和航向不一致的情况下,在正横方向附近,左右舷分辨性能主要受双线阵的航向差影响,偏离正横方向,较大的轴向滑移会导致左右舷误判。     

本舰机动左右舷分辨方法研究

针对传统单根线列阵的左右舷分辩问题，经过深入分析，给出了本舰机动左右舷分辨方法中的一些影响因素，并对机动角度和滞后时间得出了定量结论。文中研究的内容对传统拖曳线列阵声纳的左右舷分辨和战术使用具有参考价值。     

双线阵左右舷模糊共轭抵消方法研究

左右舷分辨问题是拖曳线列阵研究的一个重要问题.本文通过研究平行双线阵的归一化波束输出函数,得到了一种通过对双线阵常规波束形成的输出进行幅度和相位加权来提高左右舷模糊抑制能力的方法.该方法通过分析双线阵的归一化波束输出函数,获得补偿权值,并利用双阵波束输出的幅度加权和相位补偿来抵消目标共轭(镜像)方向的输出,以达到左右舷抑制比最大的目的.数值仿真和海试结果表明,本方法简单实用,能较好的提高双线阵的左右舷抑制比,特别在宽带条件下效果更加明显.     

双线阵目标左右舷分辨概率分析

基于二元假设检验理论,研究了双线列阵对目标方位左右舷分辨的正确和错误概率。根据阵列接收窄带信号的概率密度函数,定义了左右舷判决统计量,当信号快拍数足够大时,左右舷判决统计量接近正态分布,从而可得到窄带信号的左右舷分辨概率。利用子带信号左右舷分辨概率的频率加权或波束加权,得到频率或波束加权的宽带信号左右舷分辨概率。理论和数值分析表明,窄带信号的左右舷分辨概率取决于双阵间距,而宽带信号的左右舷分辨概率对阵间距的宽容性较大。     

双线列阵左右舷目标分辨性能的初步分析

以单水听器阵列构成的单线阵声呐无法区分目标来自左舷或右舷。多线阵为解决左右舷目标的模糊问题提供了一种途径,本文讨论双线列阵左右舷目标分辨的性能,提出把波束指向方向的响应对对称方向的响应的抑制比作为评估左右舷分辨能力的一个参数,并对抑制比的性能作了初步分析,给出了理论表达及实际计算结果。理论分析结果对实际双线列阵设计中的参数选择具有重要意义。     

阵形畸变对拖曳双线阵左右舷分辨性能的影响

分析了阵形畸变对拖曳双线阵左右舷分辨性能的影响.首先由双线阵指向性函数及左右舷抑制比公式,推导并定义了双线阵声呐实现左右舷分辨的两个关键参量──特征方位和特征频率.然后在引入阵形畸变量的基础上,利用阵形畸变时的左右舷抑制比公式,进一步推导得到特征方位及特征频率关于阵形畸变量的解析关系式.理论分析、仿真结果以及海上试验数据都表明,阵形畸变会改变特征方位和特征频率,造成拖曳双线阵左右舷分辨性能下降甚至再次产生左右舷模糊.     

基于阵形畸变补偿的多线阵左右舷分辨研究

多线阵可解决单线阵在目标探测中的左右舷分辨模糊问题,但阵形畸变不利于准确实现对目标的左右舷分辨。本文针对多线阵在拖曳过程中出现的典型阵形畸变,定量地分析了其对目标左右舷分辨的影响,并提出了一种基于阵形畸变实时测量补偿来进行目标左右舷分辨的方法,海上实验数据分析结果表明,该方法可实现阵形畸变下的目标左右舷分辨,对于提高拖曳多线阵声纳性能具有参考价值。     

阵形畸变对双线阵左右舷分辨的影响及其纠正

双线阵左右舷分辨是利用两个单线阵的波束输出信号进行时延估计,根据时延值的符号判断目标所处的左右舷。当双线阵发生畸变时,特定情况下左右舷结果发生变化。本文对该现象进行了分析,并同时给出了一种修正补偿方法。最后通过对试验数据的处理证明了方法的有效性。     

拖船噪声抵消与左右舷分辨联合处理方法的研究

利用拖曳双线阵声纳基阵结构的左右舷分辨能力,并结合拖船相对于拖曳线列阵的空间位置关系,本文提出一种拖船噪声抵消与左右舷分辨联合处理的方法,在波束域分别形成左右波束并将映像波束相减,在检测目标并进行左右分辨的同时,可以显著抵消拖船噪声。海试结果验证了该方法的有效性,拖船噪声被抑制掉约14dB,同时正确分辨出目标的左右舷方位。     

Research on beamforming method for dual-line array with space mismatch between the two line arrays

The performance of port/starboard discrimination of dual-line array will be seriously degraded when the space between the two line arrays of the dual-line array is mismatched. The directivity function of the delay-sum and delay-subtract beamforming is deduced and the port/starboard discrimination of the delay-sum and delay-subtract beamforming is also studied both under the ideal status and the status under which the space between the two line arrays of the dual-line array is mismatched. Analysis results show the delay-subtract beamforming has better performance of port/starboard discrimination. At last, the sea trial results demonstrate the theoretical results.     

A passive synthetic aperture phase correction algorithm for the asymmetric twin-line array sonar

A passive synthetic aperture based on phase correction algorithm for solving the port-starboard discrimination problem in the non-aligned towed twin-line array sonar,is de- scribed.This method creates a virtual array through applying the estimated phase correction into one array of twin-line arrays.Because the synthetic virtual array is aligned with the other array in twin-line arrays,the right port-starboard discriminated results can be obtained by array processing based on the new synthetic twin-line array.The effect of proposed method has been shown by simulated and sea-trials results in towed twin-line array sonar.With low extra computational loads,the proposed method is easy to apply to the practice.     

矢量水听器线阵和弧线阵抗左右舷模糊性能分析

针对线阵声纳左右舷模糊问题,建立了基于矢量水听器直线阵 和 两种信息处理模式以及标量水听器弧线阵不同布阵方式的抗左右舷模糊性能数学模型,分析了不同布阵方式以及不同信息处理模式的抗左右舷模糊性能,并进行了仿真计算。分析和仿真结果表明,矢量水听器直线阵和标量水听器弧线阵在分辨左右舷性能和观察范围上各有优势。矢量水听器直线阵虽然可分辨左右舷且在作用距离上具有优势,但由于在一定扇面内分辨左右舷是依靠声纳方位历程图的明暗差异,在多目标情况下易造成声纳观察上的干扰；具有一定弧心角的标量水听器弧线阵,可以在更宽的扇面内具有抗左右舷模糊能力,但其以减小观察范围作为代价。     

结合盲源分离的非直单线阵多目标左右舷分辨

针对单线阵左右舷模糊问题,提出了结合盲源分离的非直单线阵多目标左右舷分辨算法。该算法首先通过离散傅里叶变换将阵列接收信号离散化为若干个窄带频谱分量,之后对每个频点的窄带数据讲行盲源分离,得到每个频点上各个来波信号的导向向量;然后通过常规波束形成对各个导向向量进行方位谱估计,并根据左右舷抑制比进行单目标左右舷分辨,确定各个频点上的来波方向;最后对所有频点上的来波方向进行聚类,得到各个真实目标的方位,从而实现多目标左右舷分辨。仿真实验中,相比常规波束形成方法(CBF)和最小方差无畸变响应算法(MVDR),该算法更准确地估计出了目标数目,且保持了较快的计算速度;海试数据处理中,该算法排除了目标镜像的干扰,准确估计出了船只目标的轨迹。仿真及海试数据处理均表明,该算法可以分辨真实目标与目标镜像,具有比CBF和MVDR算法更好的左右舷分辨能力。      

The port/starboard discrimination based on line-spectrum character in towed line array with hydrophone triplets

The energy ratio of broadband signal is utilized for port/starboard discrimination in towed line array with hydrophone triplets in tradition.It works well in most conditions except for two cases:One is low signal to noise ratio(SNR),and the other is that there is a stronger interference lied on the other side of the line array with approximate bearing angles. A method called line-spectrum character extracting is proposed to discriminate port/starboard for these two cases in this paper,and the SNR needed for port/starboard discrimination is reduced significantly.Simulation and the sea-trial data are analyzed to show that the method is stable and valid,and is expected to be applied in real towed line array sonar.A line-spectrum enhancing technology with lower calculation complexity and stable validity is proposed to ensure the application of this method in lower SNR condition.     

Optimization of point spread function in ultrasound arrays

The design of aperture weightings in ultrasound arrays is a multi-objective optimization problem, involving parameters such as delays, aperture size, focal depth, operating frequency and beam properties. Besides, apodization causes the SNR in array output to be decreased. We introduce an analytic expression of the lateral point spread function and a model for SNR as nonlinear functions of weights, based on which, a new aperture design method is established, resulting in an optimal set of weights. These weights provide a point spread function having the predetermined peak sidelobe level, while the SNR in array output is optimized. Optimization results from a linear array with M=128 elements equally spaced at one wavelength, center frequency f0=3.5 MHz and 50% relative bandwidth, have shown that decreasing the peak sidelobe level, decreases the SNR. Therefore, an array designer can select a proper set of weights according to its application, using a SNR curve versus to the peak sidelobe level. In addition, the method can maintain the same beam properties over a long range with low variations in the SNR. Simulation results have shown only 1 dB variations in the SNR for depths from 20 mm to 120 mm, which is a longer range and better SNR performance than the conventional methods.