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Title: Acoustic propagation over a range-dependent bathymetry.
Creator: Riley, Joseph M., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: Experimental measurements have been conducted to investigate the effects of a three dimensional bathymetry on ocean acoustic propagation and our abilities to use array processing for localizing sources. This work is unique because it uses laboratory scale measurements to isolate the effects of the bottom bathymetry. Previous investigations using laboratory scale measurements have only used simplistic bottom profiles. In addition, experiments which have investigated the effects of the bottom...
Show moreExperimental measurements have been conducted to investigate the effects of a three dimensional bathymetry on ocean acoustic propagation and our abilities to use array processing for localizing sources. This work is unique because it uses laboratory scale measurements to isolate the effects of the bottom bathymetry. Previous investigations using laboratory scale measurements have only used simplistic bottom profiles. In addition, experiments which have investigated the effects of the bottom bathymetry at sea have encountered difficulties isolating these effects due to range dependent sound speed profiles and the uncertainties of ocean acoustic experiments. The first part of this dissertation investigates the tracking of an acoustic source in a three dimensional shallow water environment. This work is comprised of two studies. The first study uses matched field processing for identifying the trajectory of a source. The second investigation uses experimental measurements and theoretical predictions to evaluate the beating angle bias caused by the use of plane-wave beamforming in the presence of bathymetric refraction. The second part of this dissertation uses laboratory scale measurements to analyze two and three dimensional propagation over a realistic bottom bathymetry. This series of investigations uses an inverse approach based on normal mode theory. The inversion algorithm is used to extract the normal mode amplitudes for the purpose of analyzing the measurements for two dimensional mode coupling and bathymetric refraction. The results of this investigation show that the bathymetry has a strong influence on the three dimensional acoustic field. Analysis of the experimental measurements identify that mode coupling and bathymetric refraction are important for propagation over the laboratory scale model and these effects adversely influence our abilities to localize sources in three dimensional shallow water environments. It is also shown that by incorporating three dimensional propagation models into the signal replica used by the array processor a significant improvement in performance can be achieved.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12618
Subject Headings: Underwater acoustics--Measurement, Ocean tomography
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Title: Rapid distortion theory for rotor inflows.
Creator: Kawashima, Emilia, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: For aerospace and naval applications where low radiated noise levels are a requirement, rotor noise generated by inflow turbulence is of great interest. Inflow turbulence is stretched and distorted as it is ingested into a thrusting rotor which can have a significant impact on the noise source levels. This thesis studies the distortion of subsonic, high Reynolds number turbulent flow, with viscous effects ignored, that occur when a rotor is embedded in a turbulent boundary layer. The analysis...
Show moreFor aerospace and naval applications where low radiated noise levels are a requirement, rotor noise generated by inflow turbulence is of great interest. Inflow turbulence is stretched and distorted as it is ingested into a thrusting rotor which can have a significant impact on the noise source levels. This thesis studies the distortion of subsonic, high Reynolds number turbulent flow, with viscous effects ignored, that occur when a rotor is embedded in a turbulent boundary layer. The analysis is based on Rapid Distortion Theory (RDT), which describes the linear evolution of turbulent eddies as they are stretched by a mean flow distortion. Providing that the gust does not distort the mean flow streamlines the solution for a mean flow with shear is found to be the same as the solution for a mean potential flow with the addition of a potential flow gust. By investigating the inflow distortion of small-scale turbulence for various simple flows and rotor inflows with weak shear, it is shown that RDT can be applied to incompressible shear flows to determine the flow distortion. It is also shown that RDT can be applied to more complex flows modeled by the Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004030
Subject Headings: Computational fluid dynamics, Fluid dynamic measurements, Fluid mechanics -- Mathematical models, Turbulence -- Computer simulation, Turbulence -- Mathematical models
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Title: Broadband noise prediction for subsonic prop fans.
Creator: Petithomme, Michel-Olivier., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: Broadband noise generated by subsonic ducted propfans is studied for a hard walled flanged duct with an infinite centerbody and in a uniform flow. The interaction between boundary layers and blades and the impingement of the blade wakes on the stators are the main sources of noise considered in the forward and rear arc respectively. An efficient method of programming is presented which reduces the time of computation of expressions. The results obtained are presented and discussed. The...
Show moreBroadband noise generated by subsonic ducted propfans is studied for a hard walled flanged duct with an infinite centerbody and in a uniform flow. The interaction between boundary layers and blades and the impingement of the blade wakes on the stators are the main sources of noise considered in the forward and rear arc respectively. An efficient method of programming is presented which reduces the time of computation of expressions. The results obtained are presented and discussed. The boundary layer noise is found to have no sufficient energy at low frequencies regarding the available data, unless the boundary layer thickness is increased by a small amount. Finally, good predictions are obtained with the wake noise although some parameters would require a better evaluation.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14925
Subject Headings: Fans (Machinery)--Noise, Noise control, Rotors--Noise
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Title: Design of an active sonar for measuring bubble clouds under breaking waves.
Creator: Quant, Roberta Wendy., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: This thesis describes an active sonar mounted to an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for measuring bubble clouds below breaking waves. A new development is the application of a very broadband sonar signal-processing scheme for the sonar. It is shown that using the active sonar on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle provides reliable data and that good results are obtained by using a correlation processor. This thesis describes the optimum processing procedure for this application, resolution,...
Show moreThis thesis describes an active sonar mounted to an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for measuring bubble clouds below breaking waves. A new development is the application of a very broadband sonar signal-processing scheme for the sonar. It is shown that using the active sonar on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle provides reliable data and that good results are obtained by using a correlation processor. This thesis describes the optimum processing procedure for this application, resolution, and signal to noise constraints. Experimental results are given which show that bubbles can be imaged using an active sonar from an AUV platform. It was shown in the experimental results that the additive and the multiplicative processing produced good results for different situations. The multiplicative procedure was more consistent in the identification of bubble clouds than the additive process. One could see from the multiplicative images for the sea experiment where the bubble clouds were located while in the additive images one could only tell that a bubble cloud was identified.
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15792
Subject Headings: Sonar, Bubbles, Ocean waves
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Development and implementation of integrated acoustic and oceanographic numerical modeling in coastal regions.
Creator: Walker, Natasha Maria., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: An integrated coastal ocean and acoustic propagation model has been implemented to determine the effects of the ocean variations on the acoustic propagation field applied specifically to SFOMC. The ocean dynamics were modeled using the sigma coordinate, orthogonal curvilinear grid, Princeton Ocean Model. By using forcing conditions of tide, river runoff, wind and realistic bottom topography, the resulting time variant regional sound velocity outputs from the model were used as inputs to the...
Show moreAn integrated coastal ocean and acoustic propagation model has been implemented to determine the effects of the ocean variations on the acoustic propagation field applied specifically to SFOMC. The ocean dynamics were modeled using the sigma coordinate, orthogonal curvilinear grid, Princeton Ocean Model. By using forcing conditions of tide, river runoff, wind and realistic bottom topography, the resulting time variant regional sound velocity outputs from the model were used as inputs to the range dependent, parabolic equation, acoustic propagation model, RAM. The results show that the fluctuations in the ocean result in scintillation in the acoustic propagation field, and for higher frequencies this variability is uniformly distributed and at times as much as +/-3 dB. High resolution in the POM grid and the range and depth sizes for RAM were important for obtaining reliable simulation results.
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Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12901
Subject Headings: Oceanography--Mathematical models, Underwater acoustics--Mathematical models, Coastal engineering
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Trailing edge noise propagation through a cascade of blades.
Creator: Roy, Charlie Desire., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: Aircraft engine fan trailing edge noise prediction is very challenging. To achieve a better understanding of the physics of the propagation problem, the fan has been modeled as an infinite cascade of blades and acoustic monopoles and dipoles have been placed at the trailing edges. The flow has been computed using the Transonic Small Disturbance equation. As soon as the critical Mach number is exceeded by the free stream, a supersonic region that joins two consecutive blades appears. It...
Show moreAircraft engine fan trailing edge noise prediction is very challenging. To achieve a better understanding of the physics of the propagation problem, the fan has been modeled as an infinite cascade of blades and acoustic monopoles and dipoles have been placed at the trailing edges. The flow has been computed using the Transonic Small Disturbance equation. As soon as the critical Mach number is exceeded by the free stream, a supersonic region that joins two consecutive blades appears. It completely blocks the sound and limits the study to entirely subsonic flow. In this type of flow, a sound propagation simulator has been implemented. The linearized form of Howe's equation is solved by a high frequency method. The ray caustic problem which causes regular ray tracing failure is fixed by interpolating the field on a preset grid. Results are compared with the analytical solution in uniform flow and computations in realistic flow are presented.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12990
Subject Headings: Trailing edges (Aerodynamics), Blades, Turbulent boundary layer
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Title: Validation of numerical modelling for long range acoustic propagation.
Creator: Riley, Joseph M., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: Laboratory scale measurements were conducted to validate numerical prediction models used to predict the acoustic field in a shallow water ocean environment. Experimental measurements were conducted in a range independent environment which included the effects of shear in marine sediments and in a depth varying range dependent environment. Good agreement between the experimental measurements and the numerical prediction codes were obtained using optimized values for the input parameters of...
Show moreLaboratory scale measurements were conducted to validate numerical prediction models used to predict the acoustic field in a shallow water ocean environment. Experimental measurements were conducted in a range independent environment which included the effects of shear in marine sediments and in a depth varying range dependent environment. Good agreement between the experimental measurements and the numerical prediction codes were obtained using optimized values for the input parameters of the environmental model. In comparing experimental measurements to the numerical prediction codes it became apparent that the codes were very sensitive to the input parameters describing the bottom boundary of the ocean waveguide.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14819
Subject Headings: Acoustical engineering, Underwater acoustics, Marine sediments
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Title: A broadband signal processor for acoustic imaging using ambient noise.
Creator: Olivieri, Marc P., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: Buckingham et al. (Nature Vol. 356, p 327) first introduced the concept of acoustic imaging using ambient noise as a method for passively detecting objects in the ocean. Several analytical studies followed, and it was shown that a two dimensional acoustic image could be obtained based on this approach, and that at least 900 pixels are necessary to restitute the details of spherical objects placed in an underwater sound channel. The alternative approach described in this paper is based on a...
Show moreBuckingham et al. (Nature Vol. 356, p 327) first introduced the concept of acoustic imaging using ambient noise as a method for passively detecting objects in the ocean. Several analytical studies followed, and it was shown that a two dimensional acoustic image could be obtained based on this approach, and that at least 900 pixels are necessary to restitute the details of spherical objects placed in an underwater sound channel. The alternative approach described in this paper is based on a signal processing which uses the broadband nature of the ambient noise in the ocean, and therefore, optimizes the use of available sound energy scattered by the object. Images with thousands of pixels can be obtained using a relatively small number of transducers. This method has been validated using simple experiments in air, scaled to represent an ocean application, and results showing images of various objects will be presented.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15065
Subject Headings: Acoustic imaging, Signal processing, Underwater acoustics
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Title: An investigation of the acoustic field in wedge-shaped scale models of continental shelf regions.
Creator: House, Ian Geoffrey., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: The acoustic field in the ocean is difficult to model theoretically, due to the complexity of the environment. This is particularly true if the water depth is range dependent, such as in the coastal region, where a fully three dimensional description is required. Propagation effects result in horizontal refraction, shadow zones, and the existence of regions with strong interference patterns. As a result, all of the existing theoretical models are based on significant simplifying assumptions....
Show moreThe acoustic field in the ocean is difficult to model theoretically, due to the complexity of the environment. This is particularly true if the water depth is range dependent, such as in the coastal region, where a fully three dimensional description is required. Propagation effects result in horizontal refraction, shadow zones, and the existence of regions with strong interference patterns. As a result, all of the existing theoretical models are based on significant simplifying assumptions. One such assumption is to model a region of the ocean as a water column overlying a planar sloping bottom. To test the accuracy of these theories model scale measurements of the acoustic field under highly controlled conditions have been undertaken in this study. Two experiments were performed on models with a sloping bottom. The first model consisted of a fast fluid bottom, and the second model consisted of a thin epoxy layer, to model a sediment, overlying a concrete layer, which modelled the substrate rock. The measurements performed included pulse, CW traverse, and depth profile measurements in both the across slope and down slope directions, in order to demonstrate the three dimensional features of the field. The features of the results are discussed and where possible are compared with existing theories. The results indicated that the three dimensional propagation effects in a fluid bottom wedge are described accurately by a theoretical model which uses an effective depth correction. No three dimensional theory was available for the shear wave supporting bottom case but the fluid bottom theory was found to provide accurate predictions. Down slope propagation over a shear wave supporting bottom was also shown to be accurately predicted using a two dimensional finite element parabolic equation code.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12284
Subject Headings: Underwater acoustics--Measurement, Ocean bottom, Continental shelf
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Title: The de-Dopplerization of acoustic signatures.
Creator: Mouches, Jean-Marc., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: When acoustic measurements of moving vehicles are made by a stationary observer, the Doppler shift has two detrimental effects on the interpretation of the data. The spectra are smeared by the change in Doppler factor during the vehicle pass by, and the motion induced phase shift in the signals causes errors. The measured signals can be corrected back to source time if a moving time delay correction is applied. However, when the signals are sampled digitally this time delay correction...
Show moreWhen acoustic measurements of moving vehicles are made by a stationary observer, the Doppler shift has two detrimental effects on the interpretation of the data. The spectra are smeared by the change in Doppler factor during the vehicle pass by, and the motion induced phase shift in the signals causes errors. The measured signals can be corrected back to source time if a moving time delay correction is applied. However, when the signals are sampled digitally this time delay correction requires an estimate to be made of the signal level between samples. This can be achieved by using a digital filter with time varying coefficients which estimates the signal from at least two adjacent samples. Results of both numerical simulations and real applications of this technique will be given.
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Date Issued: 1988
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14489
Subject Headings: Doppler effect, Signal processing
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Title: A numerical study of fuselage scattering effects on rotor noise.
Creator: Atalla, Noureddine., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: This thesis considers the effect of scattering on the sound radiation from rotating sources. The study is carried out using a combined numerical implementation of ray acoustics and the paraxial ray approximation. A detailed description of the theoretical background to these methods is presented, along with a description of their numerical implementation. Application of the method to classical problems is considered to prove the accuracy and the power of the approach. Application of the method...
Show moreThis thesis considers the effect of scattering on the sound radiation from rotating sources. The study is carried out using a combined numerical implementation of ray acoustics and the paraxial ray approximation. A detailed description of the theoretical background to these methods is presented, along with a description of their numerical implementation. Application of the method to classical problems is considered to prove the accuracy and the power of the approach. Application of the method to some typical problems involving scattering of noise from propellers and rotors is presented. It is found that for impulsive acoustic signatures the scattering effects are important especially in the sideline direction from a helicopter fuselage. The effects of sharp edges on the steady loading noise from tilt-rotor configurations indicates that there is a new mechanism for generating impulsive acoustic signatures caused by scattering by sharp edges of the fuselage. The acoustic signatures generated by this mechanism can appear very similar to other types of impulsive source generated by aerodynamic interactions on the blade and therefore must be important. This type of source can be eliminated if the fuselage has rounded edges. Flow effects on scattering problems have also been considered. It was shown that the flow causes a modification and displacement of the lobes of the directivity pattern and the shadow zone, which can be important at Mach numbers greater than 0.2. The main conclusion of this thesis is that scattering effects cannot be ignored for highly directional rotating sources next to rigid scattering objects as is always the case for propellers and helicopters rotors.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12276
Subject Headings: Sound-waves--Scattering, Rotors--Noise
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Title: MODEL EXPERIMENTS FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS IN A WEDGE-SHAPED OCEAN.
Creator: Yoon, Jong Rak, Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: The theoretical solution for acoustic propagation in a wedge-shaped ocean with ideal pressure-release boundaries predicts a well-defined beam which diverges as the energy propagates out towards deep water. Outside of the beam, shadow zones are formed, and the beam's spatial extent is determined by the lowest mode of propagation. The purpose of the experimental results presented here is to check the theoretical analyses, as part of an ongoing investigation into three dimensional propagation in...
Show moreThe theoretical solution for acoustic propagation in a wedge-shaped ocean with ideal pressure-release boundaries predicts a well-defined beam which diverges as the energy propagates out towards deep water. Outside of the beam, shadow zones are formed, and the beam's spatial extent is determined by the lowest mode of propagation. The purpose of the experimental results presented here is to check the theoretical analyses, as part of an ongoing investigation into three dimensional propagation in the ocean environment, and to investigate further the propagation characteristics of this type. It has been found that for downslope propagation, the spatial characteristics of the field in a direction parallel to the shore line are in good agreement with the theoretical solution and the azimuthal extent of the beam depends on the wedge angle and frequency.
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Date Issued: 1987
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14387
Subject Headings: Underwater acoustics
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Title: Measurement of source height on moving highway vehicles.
Creator: Yoon, Jong Rak, Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: A measurement method for the equivalent noise source height of an arbitrary distribution of moving noise sources is developed to investigate the highway vehicle equivalent source heights which are currently used by the FHWA for noise barrier design. The study is intended to provide information required to improve this noise barrier design code. The equivalent point source position is defined for an arbitrary distribution of acoustic sources above a reflecting plane and a method for its...
Show moreA measurement method for the equivalent noise source height of an arbitrary distribution of moving noise sources is developed to investigate the highway vehicle equivalent source heights which are currently used by the FHWA for noise barrier design. The study is intended to provide information required to improve this noise barrier design code. The equivalent point source position is defined for an arbitrary distribution of acoustic sources above a reflecting plane and a method for its measurement using a microphone array is developed. The normalized errors of the measured equivalent source heights are defined including the effects of background noise, the geometric near field, source size, and source directionality. Normalized errors of the measured source heights obtained by a numerical simulation for each parameter lead to optimization of the microphone spacing and to the design of an array of microphones which give the equivalent source height as a function of frequency. The method is then applied to the measurement of the equivalent source height of stationary loudspeakers and is shown to give results which are consistent with theoretical predictions. The effect of the Doppler frequency shift of moving vehicles is investigated using a loudspeaker mounted on the roof of a moving car. If the speed of a moving noise source is less than 97 kph, the error due to the Doppler frequency shift was found to be negligible. Results of measurement on highway vehicles show that the noise source heights for heavy trucks and for automobiles are different from those used currently by the FHWA.
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Date Issued: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12247
Subject Headings: Traffic noise--Mathematical models, Traffic noise--Measurement--Mathematical models, Noise barriers--Mathematical models
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Title: A study of ambient noise in shallow water.
Creator: Pirie, Rachel Louise., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: This thesis describes a series of measurements that took place over the duration of one year on the South Florida Testing Facility (SFTF) range, Dania, in order to survey the shallow water ambient acoustic environment. Three groups of data sets were taken in December 1998, May 1999 and July 1999. The data was collected using the Ambient Noise Sonar (ANS) that was developed in the Ocean Engineering department at Florida Atlantic University. The ambient acoustic environment was found to be...
Show moreThis thesis describes a series of measurements that took place over the duration of one year on the South Florida Testing Facility (SFTF) range, Dania, in order to survey the shallow water ambient acoustic environment. Three groups of data sets were taken in December 1998, May 1999 and July 1999. The data was collected using the Ambient Noise Sonar (ANS) that was developed in the Ocean Engineering department at Florida Atlantic University. The ambient acoustic environment was found to be highly variable with two main components. Boat noise was found to primarily be associated with the inlet and a source of snapping shrimp situated on the shallow water 30ft reef became apparent through 24hr observation. The effects of adverse weather were not studied due to the absence of this source during the measurement periods.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15738
Subject Headings: Underwater acoustics, Noise--Measurement, Acoustic surface waves
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Title: A sparse volume array for imaging ocean ambient noise in the near-shore region.
Creator: Olivieri, Marc P., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: Ocean ambient noise has been studied extensively in the past, and several models have been developed to predict its level and to characterize it in different ocean environments. However, most of these studies have been motivated by the need to reduce the negative effect of the ambient noise on measurements. Recently, several studies have used the ambient noise to obtain information about the ocean floor and to achieve passive target detection. This dissertation describes the development of an...
Show moreOcean ambient noise has been studied extensively in the past, and several models have been developed to predict its level and to characterize it in different ocean environments. However, most of these studies have been motivated by the need to reduce the negative effect of the ambient noise on measurements. Recently, several studies have used the ambient noise to obtain information about the ocean floor and to achieve passive target detection. This dissertation describes the development of an Ambient Noise Sonar (ANS) which can be used to measure ambient noise directivity to obtain information about the environment. The system was designed for use on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and has been used to study the ambient noise in the near shore region by investigating different types of noise in shallow water, such as boat traffic, biological noise and naturally occurring noise up to 20 kHz. There are two advantages to the ANS. First, when mounted on an AUV its mobility will allow the ambient noise to be mapped over an extended area. Second, the very small number of transducers (6 total) used in the array, makes this system suitable for AUV operations because it uses a limited amount of space and power. This dissertation presents the theory of the array processing and preliminary results including examples of boat noise, and biological noise. It was found that the noise from biological sources such as snapping shrimp contributed to the anisotropic component of the acoustic field. These biological sources were found to be concentrated around artificial structures such as piers and groins, and also around natural reefs. Finally noise maps of coastal areas are presented to illustrate the potential of this system to measure the noise field in the coastal region and to evaluate acoustic propagation using passive sources such as the biological noise clusters found along the coast. In the future the ANS will be integrated onto the AUV 'Ocean Explorer II'.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12534
Subject Headings: Underwater acoustics, Acoustic imaging
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Title: Karhunen-Loeve decomposition for non stationary propulsor flow noise.
Creator: Kersulec, Jean-Luc., Florida Atlantic University, Glegg, Stewart A. L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: The aim of this thesis is to develop a theory for non stationary propulsor flow noise. The model which is proposed is based on Amiet's paper "Acoustic Radiation from an Airfoil in a Turbulent Stream" [1], which describes broad band noise when a simple model of airfoil interacts with a turbulent flow, under the assumption of stationarity. The Karhunen-Loeve method provides a set of modes which describe the turbulent flow without the assumption of stationarity. A method is described to obtain...
Show moreThe aim of this thesis is to develop a theory for non stationary propulsor flow noise. The model which is proposed is based on Amiet's paper "Acoustic Radiation from an Airfoil in a Turbulent Stream" [1], which describes broad band noise when a simple model of airfoil interacts with a turbulent flow, under the assumption of stationarity. The Karhunen-Loeve method provides a set of modes which describe the turbulent flow without the assumption of stationarity. A method is described to obtain broad band noise calculations when the mean turbulent flow varies with time and produces non stationary turbulence. A comparison of the numerical results obtained with the results from the paper of reference [1] shows the characteristics of time varying sound radiation. The various mathematical formulae will give a starting point to the analysis of real time varying flows, which are not considered in this thesis.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13233
Subject Headings: Aerodynamic noise, Turbulence, Aerofoils, Unsteady flow (Aerodynamics), Nonlinear control theory, Differential equations, Nonlinear
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