浅海海底反射系数幅值参数的反演

理论分析了一种通过混响强度衰减特性获取海底反射系数的幅值参数的方法.将海底反射系数的幅值参数和相位参数引入到全波动混响模型中,为海底反射系数的反演提供理论基础。理论分析和数值仿真表明,在小掠射角条件下,利用混响强度衰减特性反演海底反射系数幅值参数的可行性和准确性。该反演方法只需要输入4个变量:本地混响强度的衰减特性,反射系数的相位参数,海深以及海深处的声速,同时要求混响数据具有一定的混响噪声比(大于6 dB)才能够使反演结果准确可信。根据本地静态混响实验数据成功反演得到海底反射系数的幅值参数.      

Long-range reverberation in a randomly inhomogeneous shallow water with the use of focused radiation

The low-frequency bottom reverberation in a randomly inhomogeneous shallow water is investigated within the framework of a numerical experiment using vertical transmitting arrays focusing the acoustic field at various distances from the sea bottom. It is assumed that the main source of sound velocity fluctuations in the medium is represented by background internal waves. To focus the field, a phase conjugation of acoustic waves from a probe source positioned at the focusing point is used. It is demonstrated that the reverberation level is mainly determined by the presence of internal waves and may vary by 5–20 dB as the distance from the focusing point to the sea bottom increases up to H/2, where H is the channel depth.     

基于信道传播理论的多基地远程海底混响研究

针对浅海多基地远程海底混响, 以声传播的线性信道近似理论为基础, 通过确定海底界面的不均匀起伏特性, 对入射声波的远距离异地混响脉冲响应函数进行求解. 对非水平分层介质的浅海波导, 利用绝热简正波求解信道的传输函数, 得出了小角度斜坡海底的远程海底混响强度, 以下坡海底为例, 分析对比了不同海底倾角斜坡海底对远程异地混响强度及其衰减规律的影响. 理论仿真表明, 波导的传输效应对多基地远程海底混响强度的影响不可忽略.     

Statistical geoacoustic inversion from vertical correlation of shallow water reverberation

Statistical geoacoustic inversion results based on reverberation vertical correlation （RVC） data from 300 Hz to 800 Hz are presented. The data were obtained during Yellow Sea Experiment-2005 （YSE-05）. An uncertainty analysis is carried out. It is found that the inversion sea bottom sound velocities decrease when the frequency increases. So it is difficult to determine the sea bottom sound velocity. In order to solve this problem, a two-layer bottom model is assumed, and a multi-frequency inversion approach based on Genetic Algorithm is proposed. The approach is demonstrated using YSE-05 experiment data. Both RVC and normal modes depth functions （NMDFs） calculated using the inverted geoacoustic parameters are in good agreement with the experimental measurements.     

深海本地界面混响平均强度模型与规律分析

为揭示深海多途传播效应及界面参数对本地界面混响强度的影响规律,将界面混响表述为不同多途混响衰落过程的非相干叠加结果,并结合界面散射的若干物理机制,建立了以海面海底物理参数为变量的混响强度模型.通过数值仿真和理论分析研究了不同多途混响强度的衰落特性、到达角的空间分布及部分物理参数对混响强度的影响,并利用南海海盆(典型泥质海底)实验数据对模型有效性进行验证.仿真结果表明,界面混响强度随时间变化呈现多峰结构,峰值时间与多途混响的到达时间分布一致。声源与接收器均位于近海面处时,首峰的峰值强度及其衰落过程由海面风速决定,其它峰的峰值强度由海面海底参数共同决定,但其衰落过程主要受到底质参数的影响.      

界面混响的耦合简正波理论研究

利用耦合简正波理论分析了粗糙界面散射引起的混响。引入了粗糙海底以及海面引起的各个模态间的耦合系数表述粗糙界面对声场的散射过程。结合风浪谱Pierson模型,仿真了不同海况下的海面混响,重点在于分析不同海况下海面起伏对海底混响的影响。利用耦合系数的求解从粗糙海面引起模态间能量耦合的角度对这种影响进行了机理性的探究。结果表明,尽管在浅海中海底混响占支配性地位,但随着海况等级的增加,海面散射对海底混响是有影响的,而这种影响可以从粗糙界面对声波模态间的耦合进行机理分析。      

Experimental studies of low-frequency reverberation on the continental slope in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

Experimental data obtained on the continental slope near the Kamchatka peninsula for the reverberation at the frequencies 230, 600, and 850 Hz in the cases of coincident and spaced source and receiver of sound are presented. The data include the dependences of the reverberation level on time for both directional and omnidirectional receiving systems, as well as the dependences of the reverberation level on the duration of the probing pulses and on the sea depth at the source site. It is shown that, at the frequency 230 Hz, a substantial contribution to the reverberation is made by the reflection and scattering on the shelf near the coastline and in the region of the “depth drop.” At the frequencies 600 and 850 Hz, the predominant mechanism is bottom and surface scattering in the region of the continental slope.     

Method for vessel attitude estimation by spatial correlation function for bottom reverberation

Under the assumption that the sea bottom is an almost-flat and randomly rough thin layer, a spatial correlation model for bottom reverberation is constructed. At high signal noise ratio, the phase of the spatial correlation function is the product of sound wave number and the vertical vector between two hydrophones. In a nominally horizontal plane, roll and pitch bring on the vertical vector between the hydrophones. Then an equation including roll, pitch and the phase of the spatial correlation function is found. If a parallelogram can be constructed by 3 hydrophones and the rat ios of its acreage to diagonals are not smaller than half of the wavelength, roll and pitch can be obtained analytically or by optimal method. However, the ranges of roll and pitch are restricted because of the phase ambiguity. Using Fisher information matrix, the Cramer-Rao lower bound is obtained. Results from computer simulation and sea test data prove the feasibility of the method.     

Research on the acoustic scattering function and coherence properties from rough seafloor based on finite element model

Acoustic scattering from a rough sea bottom is recognized as a main source of reverberation. In this study, scattering properties from a layered bottom were exploited based on the finite element model. The scattering strength and loss from the layered rough seabed were investigated by ensembling the realizations of rough interface. They were found to be dependent on the thickness of sediment, and interference was significant in the case of thin sediment. Through verification of the finite element model, the scattering loss could be evaluated using the Eckart model with a proper sound speed in the thick sediment. The multiple scattering effect on the sound field was also exploited. It revealed that the effect depended strongly on the bottom type.     

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.     

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。      

Reverberation of Wideband Signals in Shallow Water when Using Sound Focusing

Within the framework of the normal mode approximation, expressions are obtained for calculating bottom reverberation signals recorded by a horizontal array in an inhomogeneous shallow-water waveguide in a wide frequency band. These expressions can be used to simulate bottom-scattered signals both for a monostatic and bistatic geometry, as well as in the case when sound focusing is applied. The constructed model is used to numerically study the structure of bottom reverberation in a waveguide with different parameters and characteristics of the receiver and source systems. The considered bottom inhomogeneities are the slope of the bottom, change in thermocline depth, and wind waves. The study demonstrates the promise of using sound focusing as time reversal using a single receiver–transmitter element to enhance the reverberation signal arriving from a given bottom area.     

Dependence of the Mean Intensity of a Low-Frequency Acoustic Field on the Bottom Parameters of a Shallow Sea with Random Volumetric Water-Layer Inhomogeneities

The study is devoted to statistical modeling of low-frequency acoustic signal propagation in a twodimensionally inhomogeneous random shallow sea with a thermocline and differing penetrability of the bottom. Calculations are performed using the local-mode representation of the solution in the one-way propagation approximation. Plots are presented for the behavior of the mean acoustic field intensity for different sound velocity and density values in the bottom. It is shown that the earlier described effect of a decrease in propagation losses in a model randomly inhomogeneous shallow sea with an absorbing bottom significantly depends on the parameters of bottom sediments and is more strongly manifested for bottom boundaries with greater penetrability.     

嵌入式质量块对隔声门低频段隔声性能的影响

针对隔声门低频隔声性能差的问题,将嵌入式质量应用于隔声门中以提高隔声门在低频段的隔声性能,通过建立两个相邻混响室的有限元模型计算隔声门的隔声量。基于该模型,并结合隔声门低频隔声性能的评价方法,对在低频段影响隔声门有效隔声量的相关参数进行了参数关联性研究和优化,优化结果表明：对于92 mm厚,容重24 kg/m3的玻璃棉,使用灰铸铁作为质量块,并合理布置各个质量块的大小及其在玻璃棉中的相对位置可以有效提高隔声门在低频段的隔声性能;与普通隔声门相比,在低频段嵌入式质量隔声门的有效隔声量增加了5.0 dB。     

An oscillation phenomenon of low frequency reverberation in the shallow water and its physical explanation

~~An oscillation phenomenon of low frequency reverberation in the shallow water and its physical explanation1 Zhang, R.. Jin. G. Normal-mode theory of average reverberation intensity in shallow water, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 1987 19(2):215-223 2. Ellis, D. D., A shallow-water normal-mode reverberation model, J. Acoust. Soc, Am., 1995, 97(5): 2804-2814. 3. McDaniel, S. T., Seafloor reverberation fluctuations, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 1990, 88(3): 1530-1535. 4. Abraham, …     

Estimation of surface roughness effect on spectral characteristics of tone signals propagating along stationary paths in a shallow sea

Scattering of a tonal low-frequency (up to 400 Hz) acoustic signal on a rough surface during its propagation along stationary paths in a shallow water area is considered. A calculation technique of estimating the spectral power density of the signal scattered at wind waves (reverberation) given an arbitrary angular distribution of the wind wave is developed based on the Bragg scattering model. The obtained results are compared with the results of numerical simulation of resonant sound scattering at surface perturbations according to an algorithm proposed by the authors, as well as with the results of experimental investigations.     

Experimental studies of pulsed signal propagation from the shelf to deep sea

Results of an experimental study of low-frequency broadband pulsed signal propagation in a waveguide that includes the shelf zone, the continental slope, and the deep sea region are presented. Using phase-manipulated signals with central frequencies of 366 and 600 Hz, pulsed characteristics are measured at six points along the propagation track, the maximal distance from the source being 368 km. It is experimentally demonstrated that, in the presence of a negative sound velocity gradient in the near bottom layer on the shelf with a small bottom slope, the choice of the source position at the shelf bottom near the shoreline provides the formation of a continuous illumination zone in the deep sea near the USC axis and a stable pulsed characteristic with two main sound energy arrivals. The propagation velocity of the pulse that is last to arrive is identical (within the measurement error) to the velocity of sound on the USC axis at the point of reception. Possibilities for practical application of the results obtained from the experiment are discussed.     

The discovery of the underwater sound channel,experimental studies,and regional differences

More than half a century has passed since the discovery of the underwater sound channel. In this period of time, the Acoustics Institute has performed a number of experiments on the long-range propagation of explosion-generated sound signals in different ocean regions. These experiments included the studies of such phenomena as the frequency-dependent sound attenuation in the sea medium and the sound field formation in the underwater sound channel. A combined analysis of the data obtained revealed considerable regional differences in the time structure of the sound field. In the experiments, a number of phenomena were observed that required special explanation and additional theoretical treatment. These phenomena include: the unexpectedly high attenuation of low-frequency sound in the sea medium, the “spectrum-analyzing” properties of the underwater sound channel in the Black Sea, the existence of the reverberation forerunner (the so-called prereverberation), the frequency-independent deviation of the phase shift from the usual value of 90° between the signals in classical quartets differing in the number of contacts with the caustic, the splitting of individual signals into quartets, and the transformation of these quartets into groups of nearly irresolvable signals at long distances. The most interesting data of the aforementioned studies are described in the present paper.     

Development of an optimised, standard-compliant procedure to calculate sound transmission loss: design of transmission rooms

A numerical procedure to estimate the transmission loss of sound insulating structures is proposed based upon the technology of acoustic measurements and standards. A virtual laboratory (VL), namely, a numerical representation of a real laboratory consisting of two reverberation rooms meeting certain sound field quality criteria is designed. VL is to be used for the numerical simulation of standardised measurements under predefined, controlled, acoustic conditions. In this paper, the design and optimisation of VL is investigated. The geometry of the transmission rooms is designed following first principles, in order for diffuse field conditions and sufficiently smooth primary mode distribution in the low frequency to be achieved. A finite element-based optimisation procedure, introduced by the author in previous work, is extended to arbitrarily shaped rooms. It is used to predict the appropriate local geometric modifications so as for improved mode distribution and smoother sound pressure fluctuations of the transmission rooms in the low-frequency range to be achieved and low-frequency measurement reproducibility and accuracy to be increased. Steady-state acoustic response analysis is performed in order to quantify the acoustic field quality of the virtual transmission rooms in the frequency range of measurements. A method to calculate the total absorption, A, of the receiving room is introduced by simulation of the reverberation time measurement procedure using Transient acoustic response analysis. The acoustic performance of VL is overall considered and is shown to meet in a sufficient degree, relative laboratory measurement standards in the frequency range of 100÷704 Hz.