水下目标被动测距的一种新方法:利用波导不变量提取目标距离信息

水声学中波导不变量的研究是近30年来引人注目的课题之一。水下目标辐射噪声的直达波和海面、海底反射波之间的干涉现象中隐含有下水目标的距离信息。提取这种距离信息就为水下目标的被动测距提供了一种新的途径。理论分析和实际海试都证明,甚至单水听器的LOFAR(Low Frequency Analysis Record)图都隐含着目标的距离和运动信息。本文给出利用波导不变量提取目标距离信息的理论推导,证明了在形成干涉条纹的外界条件具备时,利用多个水听器构成的基阵也能以较大增益提供目标距离信息。虽然组成基阵的每一水听器出现干涉条纹的条件是有差异的。这种差异在波束成形时可以加以利用和补偿。本文提出的理论和部分仿真、海试结果为水下目标被动测距和目标识别提供了一种新的途径。      

利用浅海声场干涉条纹反演海底参数方法研究

浅海频散特性导致声场在距离-频率平面形成干涉条纹,该干涉条纹蕴含着声源以及海底信息。本文通过降噪、滤波等方法,提取船舶辐射噪声干涉条纹中距离域干涉准周期、波导不变量以及去扩展衰减系数(不考虑扩展损失后接收到噪声级随距离的衰减程度)三种特征量的观测值,基于无限均匀沉积层海底模型,采用简正波计算程序理论计算上述三种特征量作为拷贝,提出一种以模拟退火法作为搜索寻优策略的新的匹配反演海底参数的方法。海试数据处理结果表明,该方法反演估计所得海底密度、声速、衰减系数三参数用于浅海负跃层条件下的声场预报效果比较良好。     

主被动拖线阵声呐中拖曳平台噪声和拖鱼噪声在浅海使用时的干扰特性

分析了主被动拖线阵声呐中拖曳平台的螺旋桨噪声和主动发射基阵(拖鱼)流噪声对被动接收基阵的干扰作用,指出在浅海声学环境下,直达波和海底、海面反射波会成为声呐系统的严重干扰。给出了拖曳平台和拖鱼在各种不同深度和缆长的情况下干扰源的入射角。从理论上计算了不同参数下干扰噪声对系统响应的影响,系统仿真结果可为声呐设计者抑制这种干扰提供途径。     

基于纯方位的浅海距离特征量解算分析

目标辐射噪声的LOFAR图中的干涉条纹包含了目标的运动参数和环境信息。当LOFAR图中的干涉条纹模糊或缺失时,其中的目标距离信息将无法提取。对于匀速直线运动的声源目标,仅利用方位信息,通过构造距离特征量和目标方位的关系模型,给出了一种浅海估计距离特征量的补充方法。浅海数值仿真和实验验证表明了该方法的可行性和有效性。     

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。     

水下目标对幅度高斯相关海面环境噪声场扰动特性的研究

理论探讨了水下目标受海面环境噪声场激发产生的散射场对海洋环境噪声场的扰动特性,基于幅度高斯型相关海面噪声源模型,利用任意声源分布声场的积分表达式和单极子源半无限空间格林函数的球面波展开式,获得了刚性球目标在海面单极子和偶极子源海洋环境噪声“照射”下的直达噪声场、散射噪声场、总噪声场,以及二接收点直达、散射和总噪声协方差的理论表达式,表明总噪声场除了和目标阻抗特性、接收点的方向有关外,还受到海面噪声源相关特性,以及直达与散射噪声场之间干涉的较大影响。数值计算结果给出较近距离范围内,刚球目标声学可见度约为4~5dB,并指出在海洋环境噪声场中,刚球目标散射的方向特性明显不同于平面波入射。     

虚拟源阵估计浅海目标噪声源强度

针对浅海目标噪声源强度测量估计受波导影响产生偏离的问题,提出一种虚拟垂直源阵浅海目标噪声源强度估计方法,通过被测目标噪声源在浅海波导中移动形成虚拟垂直源阵,利用简正波特征函数的正交性,消除浅海目标噪声场的干涉,以及声源和接收点深度对声源强度测量的影响,获取了更为接近自由场测量的目标噪声源强度估计。理论分析和数值仿真表明,浅海波导中采用本方法测量估计得到的目标噪声源自由场强度和预设真实值相近,同一噪声源在不同浅海波导测量估计结果相同。仿真结果证实了方法的可行性,并显示:南海某实际波导中, 100 Hz以上频段目标噪声源强度估计和真实值相差小于0.5 dB, 40 Hz至100 Hz频段,相差小于1.0 dB, 20 Hz误差约为3.0 dB; 30 Hz以上频段,同一源4种波导环境中测量估计值的标准差小于0.5 dB。文中还就所提方法的主要误差来源以及导致低频段误差增大的原因进行了理论分析和仿真。文中所提虚拟源阵方法,为提高水中目标噪声源强度的测量估计精度提供了一种思路,并可为波导参数的准确反演估计提供参考。     

深海近距离声场频率-距离干涉结构反演海底声学参数

地声反演一般存在多解性的问题,不易有效分离沉积层声速与厚度,本文提出了一种当声源与接收水听器分别位于海面与海底附近时匹配声场干涉周期反演深海沉积层声速与厚度的方法。该声场周期结构由直达波与海底沉积层反射回波干涉形成,其干涉周期受沉积层声速和厚度影响,通过匹配实测与理论计算的声场干涉周期可有效反演沉积层声速和厚度。开展了深海实验验证,利用水听器接收到的近距离船舶噪声的声场干涉条纹,反演得到的实验海域海底沉积层声速与该海域海底表层采样平均值差小于20 m/s。数值仿真与实验结果表明该方法可以有效反演沉积层的声速与厚度。     

海面干涉对船舶水下辐射噪声测量的影响及其消减方法

针对海面干涉对船舶辐射噪声测量的影响,进而导致声源级测量不准确的问题,文章给出了利用时间平均、深度平均、1/3倍频程谱级3种数据处理方法减弱海面干涉的影响,通过模型仿真验证了以上方法的有效性。根据船舶水下辐射噪声测量的国际标准,在浅海测量了某新型科考船不同航速下的水下辐射噪声,并采用前述方法进行了数据处理与分析。计算了不同航速下被测船舶辐射噪声1/3倍频程频带声压级,并与挪威船级社发布的辐射噪声衡准值进行了对比。结果表明被测船舶噪声低频控制较好,高频控制较差,高航速(13 kn)被测船舶的2 kHz以上辐射噪声大于衡准值。     

高速垂向运动声源声场干涉特性及其可观测性

以高速垂向运动声源宽带连续谱噪声为研究对象,基于射线理论分析了声场干涉现象的产生机理,推导了干涉条纹的轨迹方程,讨论了影响干涉结构特性的因素,揭示了声场干涉结构的特性和规律。理论和仿真结果表明:干涉周期与多途信号时延差成反比关系;减小接收深度或增大接收距离可以提高干涉条纹的可观测性;较大的海面起伏易使干涉条纹形成断点,可观测性降低。湖试数据分析结果表明,干涉条纹主要由直达声-海面反射声干涉条纹构成,干涉条纹宽度和干涉周期随水平距离的增大而增大。该结果可为高速垂向运动声源运动状态分析、环境参数反演等提供参考。     

Theoretical analysis and experimental results of interference striation pattern of underwater target radiated noise in shallow water waveguide

Waveguide invariant in shallow water is an attractive topic in recent three decades. The interference phenomena of direct wave of radiated noise of underwater target and reflection wave from sea surface and sea bottom can be considered as a typical case of shallow water waveguide.The interference striation pattern of direct wave and its reflection is the effective and comprehensive figure for better understanding the essence of shallow water waveguide invariant.The theoretical analysis of interference phenomena generated by direct wave of radiated noise of underwater target and its reflection wave from sea surface and sea bottom is presented in this paper.It is shown that the interference wave resulted by sea surface reflection will produce striation pattern centered at high frequency band.But the interference of nulling frequency resulted by sea bottom reflection may be at low frequency or high frequency, it strongly depends on the acoustic behavior of sea bottom.The relationship between main parameters of interference striation pattern and target,receiver,and environment is derived.It is shown that the interference striation have the shape of hyperbolic curve.The equation set of the hyperbolic curve and its asymptotic line is presented.The at sea experiment carried out in South China sea shows some interesting results.A part of data processing results are illustrated in this paper.The results expressed in this paper show that the interference striation pattern can be used,in some conditions,as a potential means for target recognition.     

A new method of passive ranging for underwater target:distance information extraction based on wave guide invariant

The study of wave guide invariant in underwater acoustics is one of attracted topics in recent 30 years.The interferences of direct wave and reflect wave from sea surface and sea bottom of underwater target radiated noise inherent the information of target distance.Extraction of these distance information will provide a possible new way in passive ranging for underwater target.The theoretical analysis and the results of at sea experiments show that the LOFAR(Low Frequency Analysis Record) figure inherently contains the range and moving information of passive acoustic sources,even in the situation that the receiver is only one single hydrophone.The theoretical analysis of extraction of target distance information by using wave guide invariant is presented in this paper.It is shown that,based on the interference striation pattern of target,the hydrophone array system is possible to extract the distance information with quite high array gain.Although the mathematical constrain conditions in forming interference striation pattern are different for individual array element,but it is proved that the differences of time delays between array elements can be used in compensation of beamforming.The theoretical analysis,system simulation and some results of at sea experiment show a new way in passive ranging and target recognition.     

运动目标辐射声场干涉结构映射域特征研究

浅海低频声场呈稳定而显著的干涉特征,并蕴含声源状态和波导特性等信息.本文研究运动目标辐射声场干涉结构的简化映射以及映射域能量分布对目标运动状态的指示特征.理论分析了声压场和矢量声场空(时)频干涉谱图的二维傅里叶变换映射特征,推导了匀速运动目标时频干涉谱图映射域能量脊斜率与波导不变量以及距变率、航向角的关系式,证明了映射域脊斜率符号、脊斜率绝对值变化等对目标来袭或远离以及目标威胁程度的指示,并进行了数值仿真和海上试验研究.实测结果与理论、仿真分析有较好的一致性.研究结果表明:二维傅里叶变换可将声压场和矢量场时(空)频谱图干涉结构简化,匀速运动目标辐射声场干涉结构映射域的能谱脊斜率、距变率、航向角与波导不变量有解析关系式,声强谱、动能密度谱、声强流谱等声场干涉结构经映射后更为一致,映射域脊能简明的指示目标运动状态和威胁程度.     

利用波导不变量的浅海负跃层声源深度判别

在夏季负跃层水文条件下,声源激发的声场同时存在折射类和反射类简正波,导致通过分离简正波进行深度判别的方法性能下降甚至失效·提出了一种利用波导不变量判别声源深度的方法。当接收器位于负跃层以下时,水面声源和水下声源的波导不变量数值不同。在本文的仿真条件下,水面声源波导不变量约等于1,当声源位于负跃层以下时,波导不变量大于1.利用频域warping变换从干涉结构中提取与实际距离成线性关系的时域脉冲,可以在未知声源距离的情况下,从声场干涉结构中获得声源激发声场的波导不变量,从而在夏季负跃层水文条件下进行声源深度判别。方法无须声源与接收器存在最近经过距离,可适用于单水听器或水平阵波束形成后输出的LOFAR谱.仿真结果证明,方法可以提取水面目标和水下目标的时延轨迹并计算干涉条纹的波导不变量。最后,对海试实验数据进行分析处理,从水面声源的干涉条纹中提取波导不变量,证明了方法的有效性。     

Effect of shallow water internal waves on ocean acoustic striation patterns

Contour plots of underwater acoustic intensity, mapped in range and frequency, often exhibit striations. It has been claimed that a scalar parameter 'beta', defined in terms of the slope of the striations, is invariant to the details of the acoustic waveguide. In shallow water, the canonical value is β=1. In the present paper, the waveguide invariant is modelled as a distribution rather than a scalar. The effects of shallow water internal waves on the distribution are studied by numerical simulation. Realizations of time-evolving shallow water internal wave fields are synthesized and acoustic propagation simulated using the parabolic equation method. The waveguide invariant distribution is tracked as the internal wave field evolves in time. Both random background internal waves and more event-like solitary internal waves are considered.     

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。     

Effect of shallow water internal waves on ocean acoustic striation patterns

Abstract

Contour plots of underwater acoustic intensity, mapped in range and frequency, often exhibit striations. It has been claimed that a scalar parameter ‘beta’, defined in terms of the slope of the striations, is invariant to the details of the acoustic waveguide. In shallow water, the canonical value is β=1. In the present paper, the waveguide invariant is modelled as a distribution rather than a scalar. The effects of shallow water internal waves on the distribution are studied by numerical simulation. Realizations of time-evolving shallow water internal wave fields are synthesized and acoustic propagation simulated using the parabolic equation method. The waveguide invariant distribution is tracked as the internal wave field evolves in time. Both random background internal waves and more event-like solitary internal waves are considered.     

浅海矢量声场干涉结构形成机理及试验研究

浅海低频声场的微观结构特征在于具有可用波导不变量表征的 稳定空间-频率干涉结构.声场兼具标量场和矢量场, 波导条件下二者联合决定声场的全部特性. 本文研究浅海声场空频干涉结构的矢量场特征. 理论分析了声压谱、动能密度谱、声强流谱等矢量场干涉结构的形成机理, 探讨了矢量场干涉结构的波导不变量表征, 数值仿真研究了Pekeris波导中能量和能流密度的干涉特性, 进行了宽带声源辐射矢量声场干涉特性及表征的海上试验.实测结果与理论、仿真分析有较好的一致性. 研究结果表明: 中近程和中远程声场均能模态相干, 有稳定的空频干涉结构, 并且矢量声场空频干涉结构存在多种形式, 除各种能量和能流密度谱图外, 相干系数谱也呈现干涉特征, 这些形式的空频干涉结构均可用波导不变量理论有效表征. 关键词： 矢量声场 干涉结构 波导不变量 浅海低频声场     

Waveguide invariant analysis for modeling time-frequency striations in a range-dependent environment

The waveguide invariant is a useful parameter for understanding the behavior of interference patterns (e.g., striations in time-frequency plots) resulting from broadband acoustic sources in shallow water waveguides. It is possible to model these striations for range-dependent environments using conventional parabolic equation methods; although this approach can be computationally intensive as a full field must be created for each frequency and azimuthally dependent geometry. This letter discusses the formulation and use of a range-dependent waveguide invariant distribution that can be used to describe spectral striation patterns using a fraction of the computing power required by parabolic equation methods.