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Acoustic propagation over a range-dependent bathymetry
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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Validation of numerical modelling for long range acoustic propagation
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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Document (PDF)