深海不平海底对声场水平纵向相关性的影响

海底地形变化对与海底作用的声反射区声场空间相关性有重要影响。利用南中国海某深海海域的一次声学实验数据,对深海海底反射区的声场空间相关性进行了分析。实验观测到,在距离声源约29 km至35 km距离范围处,不平海底环境下的水平纵向相关性出现了一些不同于平坦海底环境下的振荡结构,利用射线声学理论分析并解释了这两种不同海底环境产生水平纵向相关差异的原因。结果表明,在深海平坦海底方向一次海底反射到达区,对声场起主要贡献的经过一次海底反射声线间的到达时间差随着水平距离的增加而逐渐减少,从而干涉叠加后的相位差在[0,2π]内发生周期性变化,导致该区域声场的水平纵向相关性随着间距增加呈周期性振荡现象;而不平海底方向的海底小山丘恰对一次海底反射声线的阻挡影响,不仅使得与平坦海底方向相同区域的声传播损失明显增大,而且由于相对更多的本征声线路径的复杂多途干涉,该区域水平纵向相关性不再呈现明显的振荡周期,相关系数也有所下降。研究结果对于分析在深海复杂海底地形环境下的声呐阵列探测性能具有重要意义。

The effects of the uneven bottom on horizontal longitudinal correlations of acoustic field in deep water

The spatial coherence of sound field in the reflection area of deep-water bottom is studied by analyzing the data of an acoustic propagation experiment conducted in the South China Sea. Some different oscillation patterns of the measured horizontal longitudinal correlations of acoustic field are observed for two different tracks in the flat bottom and the uneven bottom environments when the source distance ranges from 29 km to 35 km. Numerical analysis based on the ray theory is carried on to explain the causes of the differences. The experimental and numerical results show that the travel time differences between the one-bottom-reflection rays, which make a major contribution to the sound field of the one-bottom-reflection area in flat bottom environment, decrease gradually with increasing horizontal distance. Then the phase of the interference cyclically changes within 2π, leading to the correlations' periodical oscillation in deep water with flat bottom. In the uneven bottom environment, however, due to the reflection-blockage effects of the sea hill on the one-bottom-reflection sound beams, the sound transmission losses (TLs) increase significantly in the reflection area of the sea hill. What's more, the horizontal-longitudinal correlations decreasing slightly in general don't show obvious cyclical oscillation any longer in the corresponding reflection area because of the complex interference of the relatively more eigenrays. This work is of significance to analyze the detection performance of the sonar array in deep water with the complicated bathymetry environment.