主动声纳方程和传播损失及混响级的定义

A.Ainslie发表文章指出传统定义的被动声纳方程严格应用起来与实际情况存在一定的偏差,某些情况下会带来严重的错误。该偏差需通过接收水听器与声源处介质的特征阻抗比来校正。主动声纳方程中存在同样的问题,其与实际情况的偏差需要用接收水听器与声源处的介质特征阻抗比的平方来校正。本文给出主动声纳方程中传播损失和混响级的重新定义,并且给出相应的两种主动声纳方程,两种方程都消除了这种不期望的特征阻抗比偏差。     

水声测量用声脉冲瞬态抑制方法的研究

脉冲声技术是一种很常用的水声测量技术，但由于脉冲声存在着瞬态过程，严重影响了它在低频下的使用，本文中研究的水声测量用声脉冲瞬态抑制方法，通过瞬态抑制等效消除换能器的瞬态过程，从而为在有限尺寸水域内扩展水声测量低频限创造了条件。     

侧扫声纳图像实时增强技术

本文从声纳原理和测量实践出发，针对海底图像实时判读问题，首次将负反馈分析理论引入海底图像处理，论述了海底声纳图像快速增强处理方法，探讨了数据采集实时性、图像处理复杂性、外业环境干扰强等矛盾的解决方法，实现了实时多色调海底声纳图像快速增强显示，首次提出侧扫声纳图像镶嵌必须考虑增益因素。实验结果表明：海底图像满足野外环境下的声纳作业要求，声纳数据符合目标信号、系统增益控制和目标判读三个层面的要求。     

第七讲侧扫声纳

侧扫声纳是探测海底地形地貌的重要工具，计算机技术的广泛应用极大地促进了侧扫声纳的发展．文章介绍了侧扫声纳的发展过程、典型应用、工作原理、声图成像特征及发展趋势。     

应崇福院士90生辰学术报告会论文超声检测用压电换能器瞬态特性可控可调

超声检测用压电换能器瞬态特性主要包括瞬态空间响应和瞬态时间响应.本文通过调整控制换能器和激励源,实现瞬态空间响应和瞬态时间响应的某些特性的可控可调.其中包括在空间响应方面消除边缘波以获得平行声束和消除平面波以获得聚焦绳声束;在时间响应方面,调整换能器的背衬阻抗以获得可调首次波幅比和调整换能器结构和激励电信号以获得任意检测信号等.     

超声检测用压电换能器瞬态特性可控可调

超声检测用压电换能器瞬态特性主要包括瞬态空间响应和瞬态时间响应。本文通过调整控制换能器和激励源,实现瞬态空间响应和瞬态时间响应的某些特性的可控可调。其中包括在空间响应方面消除边缘波以获得平行声束和消除平面波以获得聚焦绳声束;在时间响应方面,调整换能器的背衬阻抗以获得可调首次波幅比和调整换能器结构和激励电信号以获得任意检测信号等。     

多普勒计程仪作用距离估计

多普勒计程仪已成功应用于多种载体的导航,而其最大作用距离对于设计和使用都具有重要的意义。根据声纳方程各项的定义并根据多普勒计程仪工作时的特点,推导出不同条件下声纳方程中各项的计算公式,从而对多普勒计程仪的最大作用距离进行估计,最后将某型多普勒计程仪的相关参数代入推导的公式中,并进行计算得到理论计算值。同时还计算了多普勒计程仪在不同条件下的作用距离。     

接收基阵垂直指向性引起的附加声传播损失

具有垂直方向指向性的接收基阵对入射声波有方向加权效应，本文在该类基阵声纳方程的基础上，导出了附加声传播损失的具体表式，讨论了深度一声速梯度对附加传播损失的影响，最后给出包声速梯度条件下的算例，计算结果与海上试验吻合较好。     

声纳导流罩吸声障板声学特性的研究

本文研究内容属于舰艇声兼容性技术研究的一部分。应用声学软件SYSNOISE计算了,声纳定向发射时某试验用声纳导流罩及尾部吸声障板的声场特性,同时进行相同工况的水下模型试验。计算结果与试验结果吻合良好,说明应用声学软件对声纳声场进行计算是一种可行的方法,有可能推广至其他的水下模型的声场计算。结果数据反映了吸声障板对声纳定向发射时声场的影响,为舰艇总体声纳导流罩内吸声障板的结构设计、声兼容设计提供依据。     

有限液态介质样品声衰减的实验室测试新方法

本文介绍了一种在实验室条件下利用声脉冲测定有限容量液态介质样品声衰减系数的测试方法。该方法根据声纳方程原理导出了与测试系统参数和声场参数无关的计算式，从而避开了对测试系统参数和声场参数的测量，采用截取未被边界散射干扰的直达声脉冲的部分信号进行频谱分析，消除了在有限样品情况下必然存在的边界散射干扰，同时采用多次统计平均的做法抑制了噪声干扰。     

Recommendations for enhancing the role of the auditory modality for processing sonar data

Submarine warfare continues to pose a threat in present-day military operations. Visual displays play a dominant role for operator detection and classification of underwater and surface targets. However, the visual modality is ineffective for the detection of transient signals. In spite of quieter submarines, transient sounds such as hull popping are difficult to disguise, which makes them more likely to be detected via an auditory display. Operators tend to use auditory displays less often because several factors can impede effective aural processing. In this paper, the sonar problem is reviewed followed by some proposed techniques for making more effective use of the auditory modality for the presentation of sonar signals as a means of further improving operator detection and classification of targets. Some recommendations for augmenting the aural presentation of sonar signals over headphones are then discussed. Key research areas include: (1) a reduction of the sound level of the ambient noise in noisy environments should improve the likelihood that the operator will detect weak signals; (2) the provision to replay sound bites of interest and to compare these against a library of known archetypes should lead to increased accuracy in target classification; (3) the ability to present sonar beams in a three-dimensional auditory display where the spatial position of each sonar beam corresponds to the actual position of the source in the ocean should enable the operator to monitor multiple beams and increase his/her situational awareness. Ultimately, the viability of an auditory display is dependent on operator hearing acuity.     

Calculation of the reverberation spectrum for Doppler-based sonar

For monostatic sonar using long pulsed tone signals, the problem of evaluating the spectrum of reverberation due to sound wave scattering by a rough sea surface is solved. Relatively simple computational schemes are proposed, which make it possible (i) to transform the three-dimensional spectra of surface waves to the frequency-angular characteristics of reverberation and (ii) to choose the optimal operating frequency band for a Doppler sonar from the point of view of reverberation. For typical wind wave characteristics measured in shallow water areas, the spectral levels of reverberation are estimated in the frequency band of acoustic signals within 0.4?C2 kHz.     

双基地冰-水界面混响强度的理论预报

针对北极冰层冰水界面具有小尺度粗糙界面的情况,给出由冰层造成的混响平均强度的理论预报公式。首先将北极冰层等效为具有粗糙界面的弹性介质,并且采用小粗糙度微扰理论在精细拟合粗糙度谱的基础上,建立粗糙冰层的三维散射强度模型,然后建立三维双基地声呐几何模型确定有效散射区域,最后给出双基地冰下混响平均强度的估算公式,并在所拟合的粗糙度谱的情况下,利用该预报公式计算双基地声呐配置参数和海冰物理及声学特性对冰下混响强度的影响算例。数值仿真表明该公式能够估算出北极冰下双基地声呐产生的混响平均强度,并且分析出了时延、基线长度等声呐配置参数和冰层声速比、密度比等海冰物理参数会对混响强度造成的影响。声呐的配置参数主要影响散射的有效面积,海冰的物理参数则影响着冰层的散射强度。其中,冰层声速比不仅影响混响强度的大小,还会影响混响强度随时间的衰减速度。      

Highlight model of echoes from sonar targets

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Time domain investigation of transceiver functions using a known reference target

During August 1998, a bottom scattering tank experiment was performed at the Applied Research Laboratory, University of Texas to measure wideband acoustic reverberation from multiple objects (e.g., cobbles and pebbles) placed on a sediment simulation of the sea floor. In preparation for processing and analyzing the experimental data, time domain scattering measurements made with stainless steel and glass balls suspended in the water column were used to calibrate the sonar transceiver system by deconvolving the theoretical impulse response for steel and glass spheres, obtained via the Faran elastic sphere scattering model, from the scattered time signals. It is the analysis of these calibration measurements which forms the subject of this paper. Results show the critical importance of accurate input-output system calibrations for time domain sound scattering research, and successfully demonstrate a time domain method for accurately calibrating the complete sonar transceiver function, i.e., both the amplitude and time dependence, using a known reference target. The work has implications for boundary and volume scattering applications.     

Two-frequency mutual coherence function for electromagnetic pulse propagation over rough surfaces

The propagation of a transient electromagnetic pulse over irregular terrain is considered. We model the wave propagation using the parabolic wave equation, which is valid for near-horizontal propagation. We model the effect of scattering from the rough terrain by introducing a surface-flattening coordinate transform. This coordinate transform simplifies the boundary condition of our problem, and introduces an effective refractive index into our wave equation. As a result, the problem of propagation over an irregular surface becomes equivalent to the problem of propagation through random media. The parabolic equation is solved analytically using the path integral method. Both vertically polarized and horizontally polarized signals are treated. Cumulant expansion is introduced to obtain an approximate expression for the two-frequency mutual coherence function. From the mutual coherence function, spatial and temporal dependence of the propagating signal can be determined. It can be shown that scattering from the irregular surface can cause broadening of the transient signal. This can have a significant impact on the performance of radio communication systems.     

Behavior of captive herring exposed to naval sonar transmissions (1.0-1.6 kHz) throughout a yearly cycle

Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, is a hearing specialist, and several studies have demonstrated strong responses to man-made noise, for example, from an approaching vessel. To avoid negative impacts from naval sonar operations, a set of studies of reaction patters of herring to low-frequency (1.0-1.5 kHz) naval sonar signals has been undertaken. This paper presents herring reactions to sonar signals and other stimuli when kept in captivity under detailed acoustic and video monitoring. Throughout the experiment, spanning three seasons of a year, the fish did not react significantly to sonar signals from a passing frigate, at received root-mean-square sound-pressure level (SPL) up to 168 dB re 1 μPa. In contrast, the fish did exhibit a significant diving reaction when exposed to other sounds, with a much lower SPL, e.g., from a two-stroke engine. This shows that the experimental setup is sensitive to herring reactions when occurring. The lack of herring reaction to sonar signals is consistent with earlier in situ behavioral studies. The complexity of the behavioral reactions in captivity underline the need for better understanding of the causal relationship between stimuli and reaction patterns of fish.     

An echolocation visualization and interface system for dolphin research

The present study describes the development and testing of a tool for dolphin research. This tool was able to visualize the dolphin echolocation signals as well as function as an acoustically operated "touch screen." The system consisted of a matrix of hydrophones attached to a semitransparent screen, which was lowered in front of an underwater acrylic panel in a dolphin pool. When a dolphin aimed its sonar beam at the screen, the hydrophones measured the received sound pressure levels. These hydrophone signals were then transferred to a computer where they were translated into a video image that corresponds to the dynamic sound pressure variations in the sonar beam and the location of the beam axis. There was a continuous projection of the image back onto the hydrophone matrix screen, giving the dolphin an immediate visual feedback to its sonar output. The system offers a whole new experimental methodology in dolphin research and since it is software-based, many different kinds of scientific questions can be addressed. The results were promising and motivate further development of the system and studies of sonar and cognitive abilities of dolphins.     

Two-frequency mutual coherence function for electromagnetic pulse propagation over rough surfaces

The propagation of a transient electromagnetic pulse over irregular terrain is considered. We model the wave propagation using the parabolic wave equation, which is valid for near-horizontal propagation. We model the effect of scattering from the rough terrain by introducing a surface-flattening coordinate transform. This coordinate transform simplifies the boundary condition of our problem, and introduces an effective refractive index into our wave equation. As a result, the problem of propagation over an irregular surface becomes equivalent to the problem of propagation through random media. The parabolic equation is solved analytically using the path integral method. Both vertically polarized and horizontally polarized signals are treated. Cumulant expansion is introduced to obtain an approximate expression for the two-frequency mutual coherence function. From the mutual coherence function, spatial and temporal dependence of the propagating signal can be determined. It can be shown that scattering from the irregular surface can cause broadening of the transient signal. This can have a significant impact on the performance of radio communication systems.     

Hearing thresholds of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) for sweeps (1-2 kHz and 6-7 kHz bands) mimicking naval sonar signals

The distance at which active naval sonar signals can be heard by harbor porpoises depends, among other factors, on the hearing thresholds of the species for those signals. Therefore the hearing sensitivity of a harbor porpoise was determined for 1 s up-sweep and down-sweep signals, mimicking mid-frequency and low-frequency active sonar sweeps (MFAS, 6-7 kHz band; LFAS, 1-2 kHz band). The 1-2 kHz sweeps were also tested with harmonics, as sonars sometimes produce these as byproducts of the fundamental signal. The hearing thresholds for up-sweeps and down-sweeps within each sweep pair were similar. The 50% detection threshold sound pressure levels (broadband, averaged over the signal duration) of the 1-2 kHz and 6-7 kHz sweeps were 75 and 67 dB re 1 μPa(2), respectively. Harmonic deformation of the 1-2 kHz sweeps reduced the threshold to 59 dB re 1 μPa(2). This study shows that the presence of harmonics in sonar signals can increase the detectability of a signal by harbor porpoises, and that tonal audiograms may not accurately predict the audibility of sweeps. LFAS systems, when designed to produce signals without harmonics, can operate at higher source levels than MFAS systems, at similar audibility distances for porpoises.