浅海周期起伏海底环境下的声传播

海底粗糙对水下声传播及水声探测等应用具有重要影响.利用黄海夏季典型海洋环境,分析了同时存在海底周期起伏和强温跃层条件下的声传播特性,结果表明:由于海底周期起伏的存在,对于低频(<1 kHz)、近程(10 km)的声信号,传播损失可增大5—30 dB.总结了声传播损失及脉冲到达结构随声源深度、海底起伏周期及起伏高度等因素变化的规律.当海底起伏周期不变时,起伏高度越大引起的异常声传播的影响随之变大;当起伏高度不变时,随着起伏周期变大,其对声传播的影响逐渐变小.用射线理论分析了其影响机理,由于海底周期起伏改变了声波与海底的入射和反射角度,使得原本小掠射角入射到海底的声线变为大掠射角,导致海底的反射损失增大;另一方面,声线反射角度的改变会使得原本可以到达接收点的声能量,由于与海底作用次数增加或变为反向传播而大幅度衰减.在浅海负跃层环境下,声源位于跃层上比位于跃层下对声传播影响更大.周期起伏海底对脉冲声传播的影响表现在引起不同角度的声线(或简正波号数)之间的能量发生转化,一些大角度声线能量衰减加大,多途结构变少.多途结构到达时间及相对幅度的变化进而影响声场的频谱,会使得基于匹配场定位的方法性能受到影响.所以,声呐在实际浅海环境中应用时,应对起伏海底的影响予以重视.此外,研究结果对海底地形测绘空间精度的提高也具有重要参考意义.     

浅海空气声入水传播特性分析

结合射线和波数谱积分方法,对空气声入水传播途径进行了分析,利用海上试验数据进行了比较检验。结果表明,在浅海环境中,对水下声场有主要贡献的空气声入水传播途径,主要是透射穿过海面边界的折射直达声以及后续的海底反射声途径,其中折射直达声途径的贡献主要集中在声源正下方附近区域,当距离较远时,由于声线扩展损失效应以及直达声影区两方面的限制,折射直达声传播损失显著增加,对接收声场起主要贡献的是可以到达更远水平距离上的海底反射声,包括海底海面多次反射声。      

负跃层浅海声传播的一个新现象──远程传播中的海底散射波

本文分析了负跃层浅海中的一次声传播实验。爆炸声源位于跃层之下，两个接收水听器分别位于跃层上、下。在远距离处跃层上水听器接受到的信号由两部分组成：从声源直接传播到接收点的多途信号（穿透波）和一个随后到达的强度比前者大得多的信号（散射波）。通过理论计算和数值拟合，我们认为后者是跃层下传播的声波激发的海底散射信号，这部分信号不但可应用于远距离传输，而且还可能用来反演三维海底散射的有关参数。     

深海大深度声传播特性及直达声区水下声源距离估计

深海大深度声传播特性对在深海近海底进行水声目标探测和定位具有重要意义。利用一次南海中南部深海不完全声道中的脉冲声传播实验数据,分析了海底附近大深度声传播损失及脉冲多途传播特性,并根据直达波和海底-海面反射波的时延差与收发距离的关系,提出一种利用深海直达声区脉冲多途到达时间进行水下声源距离估计的方法。结果表明:当接收器深度位于南海深海海底附近而声源深度较浅时,直达声区水平宽度可达30 km,传播损失相对影区来说较小,有利于水下声源探测;直达声区的直达波与海底-海面反射波的到达时延差随着收发距离的增大单调减小,可被用于水下声源距离估计。得到水下声源的距离估计结果与实验GPS测量结果较为一致,距离估计均方误差为0.28 km。      

深海海底山环境下声传播水平折射效应研究

声波在深海海底山环境中传播时,海底山会对声传播产生重要影响.2016年在南海深海进行了一次海底山环境下的声传播实验,观测到了由海底山引起的三维声传播效应,本文利用BELLHOP射线理论解释了海底山环境下的三维声传播机理.结果表明：声波在传播过程中与海底山作用后破坏了深海会聚区结构,导致传播损失增大,在海底山后形成具有明显边界的声水平折射区,利用二维声传播模型无法解释实验现象,海底山后声水平折射区实验测量的声场结构与N×2D模型计算结果存在明显差异,实验的传播损失比N×2D模型计算结果大10 dB.通过三维射线模型分析N×2D模型计算结果与实验结果存在明显差异产生的原因,发现由于声波水平折射作用,部分声线无法到达接收器,使得三维声传播效应对海底山后一定角度范围内声场影响较为明显.因此,深海海底山会引起明显的三维水平折射效应,应在水下目标探测和定位等应用中给予重视.     

分层砂底对浅海信道声传播影响的研究

推导有指向性脉冲声源在海底是分层结构的浅海中声场的积分表达式;分别仿真了爆炸声源和指向性脉冲源在浅海信道中传播的信号波形,其中假设了海底的沉积层和基底分别由水浸泡的砂和固态介质构成,砂底的参数数值用孔隙介质理论和实测相结合的方法进行选择;此外,在用砂和玻璃珠分别模拟砂层海底的水池内,观测了指向性脉冲源在不同接收点的信号的波形;结果表明:仿真波形的包络得到实验的印证。从而证明本文建立的指向性脉冲源在具有砂层海底的浅海中声场模型是可行的,可用于预报海洋环境参数对接收波形的影响,为水下通信、声呐信号设计与处理提供参考信息。     

起伏海面散射引起浅海声传播损失的统计特性与快速声场预报方法

基于海洋环境信息、起伏海面的小斜率近似和简正波模型,研究了浅海环境中不同季节起伏海面散射引起的声传播损失的统计特性,给出了海面散射声传播损失-风速拟合公式以及一种快速声场预报方法,可据此快速评估水下长期工作设备的工作性能。仿真结果表明,对于全年运行的水声设备,当传播距离超过10 km时,须考虑起伏海面散射对声传播的影响。起伏海面散射对声场的影响冬季大于夏季,在夏季负跃层环境中起伏海面散射对下发上收声场的影响大于下发下收声场。     

空气中声源激发的浅海水下声场传播实验研究

为了了解空气中声源激发的水下声场传播特性,对此开展实验研究.2010年在南海北部海域进行了一次空气中声源激发水下声场实验,在水下成功地接收到远至4 km处大功率扬声器在空中发射的脉冲声信号.本文通过分析实验数据,研究空气中声源激发的浅海水下声场传播特点.针对接收阵拾取的声传播信号信噪比低的特点,综合利用脉冲压缩以及波束...     

水平变化波导中的全局矩阵耦合简正波方法

提出了一种新的水平变化波导中声场的耦合简正波求解方法,该方法能够处理二维点源和线源问题,提供声场的双向解。该方法利用全局矩阵(DGM)一次性求解耦合模式的系数,消除了传播矩阵递推求解中存在的误差累积问题;此外,改善了现有模型中对距离函数的归一化方法,从而避免了泄露模式指数增长导致的数值溢出问题。本文还给出了绝对软海底理想波导中耦合矩阵的闭合表达式,并分析了单个阶梯下简正波耦合现象。此外,本文还计算了理想楔形波导中的声传播问题(ASA标准问题),并与解析解及COUPLE07计算结果进行了比较,结果表明该方法是一种稳定、精确的水平变化波导中的声场计算方法。      

水平不变浅海环境随机扰动对声传播的影响

本文主要讨论浅海水平不变波导中的低频声传播问题,为环境适配声纳设计奠定基础。通过仿真分析了海水及海底环境参数对传播损失的影响,根据仿真及实验结果,建立了声速剖面随机扰动及海面、海底起伏条件下的声强分布概率模型,并利用模型中的形状参数α和尺度参数β,提出了局部蒙特卡洛模拟加曲线拟合的声场敏感性分析方法。仿真及实验结果表明声场传播损失服从伽马分布,良好水文条件下10 km距离的声场能量起伏也达到10 d B,随着距离增加,声场敏感性增加。本文所提出方法通过对近场声场的测量和统计实现对远场声场敏感性的预报,与全声场蒙特卡洛模拟相比计算量减小一个数量级。     

Evaluation of a wave-vector-frequency-domain method for nonlinear wave propagation

A wave-vector-frequency-domain method is presented to describe one-directional forward or backward acoustic wave propagation in a nonlinear homogeneous medium. Starting from a frequency-domain representation of the second-order nonlinear acoustic wave equation, an implicit solution for the nonlinear term is proposed by employing the Green's function. Its approximation, which is more suitable for numerical implementation, is used. An error study is carried out to test the efficiency of the model by comparing the results with the Fubini solution. It is shown that the error grows as the propagation distance and step-size increase. However, for the specific case tested, even at a step size as large as one wavelength, sufficient accuracy for plane-wave propagation is observed. A two-dimensional steered transducer problem is explored to verify the nonlinear acoustic field directional independence of the model. A three-dimensional single-element transducer problem is solved to verify the forward model by comparing it with an existing nonlinear wave propagation code. Finally, backward-projection behavior is examined. The sound field over a plane in an absorptive medium is backward projected to the source and compared with the initial field, where good agreement is observed.     

Simulation of low-frequency sound propagation in an irregular shallow-water waveguide with a fluid bottom

A further development of a previously proposed approach to calculating the sound field in an arbitrarily irregular ocean is presented. The approach is based on solving the first-order causal mode equations, which are equivalent to the boundary-value problem for acoustic wave equations in terms of the cross-section method. For the mode functions depending on the horizontal coordinate, additional terms are introduced in the cross-section equations to allow for the multilayer structure of the medium. A numerical solution to the causal equations is sought using the fundamental matrix equation. For the modes of the discrete spectrum and two fixed low frequencies, calculations are performed for an irregular two-layer waveguide model with fluid sediments, which is close to the actual conditions of low-frequency sound propagation in the coastal zone of the oceanic shelf. The calculated propagation loss curves are used as an example for comparison with results that can be obtained for the given waveguide model with the use of adiabatic and one-way propagation approximations.     

Pulse propagation of acoustic waves scattered in a channel

When acoustic waves are scattered by random sound-speed fluctuations in a two-dimensional channel the energy is continually transferred between the propagating modes. In the multiple- scattering region the energy flux assumes an asymptotic form in which there is equal energy flux propagating in each mode. Here we shall make use of this well known result to show how to obtain an asymptotic form for a pulse of acoustic energy propagating in the channel. In the multiple-scattering region the speed of the acoustic waves in the pulse continually changes as the energy is transferred between the modes. The process is basically a diffusion process around the mean speed of propagation. We shall first show, using physical arguments, that the diffusion coefficient is proportional to the square root of the propagation distance times the mean free path of scattering. The theory governing the acoustic propagation in the channel is formulated in terms of modal coherence equations and we shall next give a brief review of the definitions of the coherence functions and a discussion of how the equations governing the propagation of the modal coherence functions are derived. We shall then show how the pulse shape and the relevant parameters may be obtained by solving the basic modal coherence equations at large propagation distances.     

SH surface acoustic wave propagation in a cylindrically layered piezomagnetic/piezoelectric structure

SH surface acoustic wave (SH-SAW) propagation in a cylindrically layered magneto-electro-elastic structure is investigated analytically, where a piezomagnetic (or piezoelectric) material layer is bonded to a piezoelectric (or piezomagnetic) substrate. By means of transformation, the governing equations of the coupled waves are reduced to Bessel equation and Laplace equation. The boundary conditions imply that the displacements, shear stresses, electric potential, and electric displacements are continuous across the interface between the layer and the substrate together with the traction free at the surface of the layer. The magneto-electrically open and shorted conditions at cylindrical surface are taken to solve the problem. The phase velocity is numerically calculated for different thickness of the layer and wavenumber for piezomagnetic ceramics CoFe₂O₄ and piezoelectric ceramics BaTiO₃. The effects of magnetic permeability on propagation properties of SH-SAW are discussed in detail. The distributions of displacement, magnetic potential and magneto-electromechanical coupling factor are also figured and discussed.     

A hybrid model for the acoustic response of a two-dimensional rough surface to an impulse incident from a refracting medium

A numerical model to calculate the impulse response of a two-dimensional, impenetrable, rough surface directly in the time domain has been recently introduced [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (2000) 107, 27]. This model is based on wedge diffraction theory and assumes that the half-space containing the source and receiver is homogeneous. In this work, the model is extended to handle media where the index of refraction varies with the distance to the surface by merging the scattering model with a ray-based propagation model. The resulting hybrid model is tested against a Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method for the problem of backscattering from a corrugated surface in the presence of a refractive layer. This new model can be applied, for example, to calculate acoustic reverberation from the sea surface in cases where the water mass is inhomogeneous and in the presence of a subsurface bubble layer at low frequencies where dispersion is negligible. It can also be used for atmospheric propagation problems where there is a sound speed gradient overlying rough terrain.     

The influence of boundary layer on sound propagation in optical fibers

Physical models of two-layered and three-layered fiber were built. These models were used to calculate acoustic properties of optical fibers. Acoustic properties of fibers with boundary layer and without boundary layer calculated from these model were compared. The propagation of acoustic cylindrical symmetric waves in optical fibers was considered. This problem was treated analytically and numerically in continual approximation. The possibility of simultaneous propagation of two cylindrical symmetric waves in optical fibers with a boundary layer was shown (in a three-layered model). The physical phenomenon of the presence of two waves in the fiber with boundary layer is proposed for study of the boundary layer. Formulas for the calculation of the properties of the boundary layer from the acoustic experiment, verified by numerical calculations, are represented.     

Pulse propagation of acoustic waves scattered in a three-dimensional channel

Abstract

In a previous paper (Whitman et al 1999 Waves Random Media 9 1–11) we discussed the scattering of acoustic waves by random sound-speed fluctuations in a two-dimensional channel and presented an asymptotic form for an acoustic pulse propagating in the channel. Here we include the three-dimensional effect of transverse scattering. We find an asymptotic solution in which initially the two-dimensional mode-transfer effect is more important than the transverse scattering effect. However, for large enough propagation distances the transverse scattering effect dominates the pulse spread. In this paper we shall show the form of the pulse shape in both propagation ranges as well as in the transition regime. We shall begin with a discussion of the physics of the problem and then present a mathematical discussion.