基于声相关计程仪(ACL)的海底散射模型研究

为了进行声相关计程仪(ACL)仿真研究,结合K irchhoff近似和R ay le igh-R ice近似散射模型,根据ACL垂直发射波束的特点,在掠射角90°附近,利用已发表的海底散射实验数据与APL-UW散射模型及L am bert公式的理论计算结果相比较,基于K irchhoff近似的散射模型与实验数据具有很好的一致性,仿真结果证明,由于不同类型海底沉积物引起的体积散射在上述情况下是可以被忽略的,这将大大简化进行声相关测速仿真研究的海底建模过程。     

声相关三维测速技术研究获新进度

声相关三维测速技术可用于船舶和潜水器准确测量相对于静止物体的运行速度。由726研究所研制的声相关三维测速技术应用项目,日前在松花湖试验成功。该技术系利用声波在水下传播特性,通过电声转换及先进的信号处理,完成船舶对海底的绝对速度测量。试验结果     

典型浅海环境参数对声传播损失影响及试验验证

针对典型浅海环境参数对声传播损失影响问题,提出了一种基于海底边界反射系数修正的改进耦合简正波–抛物方程模型,设计并开展了典型南海海域声传播损失测试试验,模型相对误差小于 4%、均方根误差小于 3 dB,验证了模型的准确性。接着,分别对声速剖面、海面海况、海底底质、海底地形 4 种海洋环境参数,设计了 5 种工况,进行仿真计算分析。得出声速剖面主要影响声会聚区的分布,负梯度下声会聚区能量多集中于海底和声源深度附近,而正梯度下声会聚区能量多集中于海面附近;浅海环境下声传播损失分布受海面海况、海底底质因素影响较大;海底地形是影响水下声传播损失的主要因素,海底斜坡既可以汇集声波能量,也可以使其发散。     

浅海沉积层声学特性对声传播损失的影响仿真研究

为厘清海底沉积层声学特性信息的水声环境保障需求,构建浅海两层海底环境参数模型,并参考Hamilton海底底质9种分类设置沉积层声速、密度、衰减系数及厚度的参考值及计算采样区间,利用Kraken简振波模型,采用控制变量的方法,研究了浅海沉积层声学特性参数对声传播损失的影响;开展了建模理论推导及数值技术分析,研究了海底沉积层声学特性参数在模型计算过程中调用过程,并从建模计算的角度对仿真计算的结果进行解释,对海底沉积层声学特性调查装备发展及调查重点参数具有一定的参考价值。     

相关原理在船速测定中的应用

用相关原理进行船速测定是继声原理中用多普勒原理测定船速之后又一新的测速方法.它们的共同特点都能测量舰船对地的速度,而且测量精度高,这对于舰船导航,精确定位,提高武备系统的命中率等都有重要意义。用相关原理测定船速的仪器称为声相关计程仪,它垂直向海底发射声波束,因而回波信号要比多普勒计程仪大得多,波束也能做得相当宽,所以在换能器的体积尺寸相同的条件下,在海底跟踪的工作深度,要比多普勒计程仪大得多,同时在声暴露方面小得多,这对于在潜艇上使用是很可贵的。本文对相关的几何条件作了较详细的介绍,对混合相关法测速原理进行了论述,并导出了判别式,从而拟定了相关解算装置的实施方框图,并对其进行混合相关解算的可实现性进行了验证。文章对计程仪的误差作了粗略的分析,前后介绍了JX-1型声相关计程仪这个应用实例。该计程仪于1988年7月通过设计定型,测速和计程精度分别达到0.1kn和0.2％的设计指标,可测对地船速的工作深度达235m,并附有测深功能,在3个半月,航程约5000海里的实船试用中情况良好。该计程仪现已批量生产,陆续安装舰船。     

基于浅地层剖面数据和改进地声模型的底质反演方法

浅地层剖面仪发射的声脉冲能够穿透海底面进入沉积层内部,其回波中携带了丰富的底质信息。地声模型是底质声学与物理性质关系的数学描述,广泛用于海底声学与地声反演研究。本文通过对浅地层剖面数据的处理、解译得到海底反射系数,与考虑底质松密影响的改进Biot-Stoll模型相结合,提出底质反演新方法并开展实例验证。研究结果表明：通过对浅地层剖面原始记录的读取、解译,提取反射波振幅,并结合设备声源级,可有效求取海底反射系数。通过引入相对密度改进孔隙度计算公式,进而在基于Biot-Stoll模型构建海底反射系数和底质平均粒径关系过程中进一步考虑了底质松密的影响。基于山东威海某海域及文献的算例均显示,本文提出的改进地声模型可缩小底质反演与实测结果之间的相对误差、提升基于浅地层剖面数据的海底底质地声反演精度。     

声相关计程仪基阵设计方法

针对声相关计程仪的测速特点,研究了一维、二维基阵的设计方法。一维基阵采用基于约束最小冗余的设计方法,可以获得比均匀线阵大得多的阵列孔径,从而提高基阵的利用率,但约束最小冗余线阵(RMRLA)的设计方法计算量巨大,并不适合二维基阵的设计。在重新定义冗余因子,建立理想位置矢量图模型,提出位置矢量重合率等概念的基础上,实现了适用于声相关测速需求的二维基阵的快速设计。仿真结果证明了该设计方法的可行性。     

多波束测深海底混响仿真研究

海底混响是海洋混响的重要组成部分,采用模拟仿真进行验证分析,是仿真技术的一项重要应用。采用单元散射模型,研究在单发射阵元下,分布在同一直线上多个接收阵元接收的海底回波,忽略声波传播的相位起伏,只考虑振幅起伏,将传播损失、声吸收系数、海底反射损失、海底沉积层密度等参数带入海底混响仿真数学模型,仿真海底混响,使其更加接近海底的实际情况。     

GNSS海面散射信号的海面风场遥感

首先介绍了GNSS-R海洋遥感的发展过程,简要叙述了利用GNSS信号进行海洋动力学遥感测量的基本原理;然后分析了接收机天线的部分参数对GNSS信号可见数量的影响;最后详细阐述了GNSS海面散射信号的理论模型,该模型是利用几何光学限制的基尔霍夫近似建立起来的,并根据理论模型进行了数值仿真试验。结果证实了通过散射信号功率波形来反演海面风场理论上的可行性。     

基于Sobol法的海底反向散射模型参数敏感度分析

为了对海底声学参数反演中的估计精度做出预估,合理解释反演结果,本文基于Jackson海底声散射模型,利用Sobol算法,对该模型中的耗散系数、速度比等7个参数进行定量的敏感度分析。Sobol算法可以给出参数的一阶敏感度和参数间相互作用的敏感度,适用于分析散射强度的影响因子。仿真结果表明,所选择的声波频率对于参数的敏感度影响不大,模型各参数交互作用较为强烈,速度比的全局敏感度最大,而耗散系数敏感度很小。将参数划分为地声属性参数、粗糙度参数和非均匀性参数,地声属性参数敏感度最大。模型参数敏感度分析结果对于反演有一定的指导作用。     

Bottom friction and its effects on periodic long wave propagation

A new set of Boussinesq-type equations describing the free surface evolution and the corresponding depth-integrated horizontal velocity is derived with the bottom boundary layer effects included. Inside the boundary layer the eddy viscosity gradient model is employed to characterize Reynolds stresses and the eddy viscosity is further approximated as a linear function of the distance measured from the seafloor. Boundary-layer velocities are coupled with the irrotational velocity in the core region through boundary conditions. The leading order boundary layer effects on wave propagation appear in the depth-integrated continuity equation to account for the velocity deficit inside the boundary layer. This formulation is different from the conventional approach in which a bottom stress term is inserted in the momentum equation. An iterative scheme is developed to solve the new model equations for the free surface elevation, depth-integrated velocity, the bottom stress, the boundary layer thickness and the magnitude of the turbulent eddy viscosity. A numerical example for the evolution of periodic waves propagating in one-dimensional channel is discussed to illustrate the numerical procedure and physics involved. The differences between the conventional approach and the present formulation are discussed in terms of the bottom frictional stress and the free surface profiles.     

Estimation of bottom scattering strength from measured and modeledmid-frequency sonar reverberation levels

Hamilton-type geoacoustic models were developed for Area Foxtrot, a shallow water test bed south of Long Island, for emerging active sonar systems where the surface sediment type is highly spatially variable. Reverberation levels (RL) were modeled using the finite-element parabolic equation (FEPE) propagation model to augment the generic sonar model (GSM) propagation model because the bottom loss model in GSM did not estimate transmission loss (TL) accurately in shallow water. FEPE estimates reveal that there is a greater than 15 dB difference between TL for sand and that for silt-day sediments in Area Foxtrot. The comparison between modeled RL and measured RL (from a 1991 active sonar exercise) enabled bottom scattering strength kernels to be developed for Area Foxtrot. Bottom scattering strength was found to be a function of sediment type. Hard sand sediment has a bottom scattering strength which obeys Lambert's law (sin² &thetas;) while that of silt-clay sediment is consistent with sub-bottom volume scattering (sine). The RLs in Area Foxtrot are azimuth-dependent and are a function of TL and bottom scattering strength (and hence bottom sediment type). Sonar beams steered towards the hard sand show higher RLs than for silt-clay, and knowledge of the sediment type and its spatial variation must be known to model RL accurately. A method to determine sediment type using measured RLs and RL slopes is given     

Estimating backscattering strength for a correlation log

A correlation log is a type of sonar system used for measuring the velocity of a surface vessel or of a submersible vehicle. The operation is similar to that of a conventional echo sounder, and the direction of acoustic propagation is vertically downwards. Since a correlation log can be used for either bottom tracking or water tracking, it is of interest to relate the transmitted power level to the echo levels from both bottom and volume scatterers, which is a means of predicting the log's performance. This is done by modeling the transmission channel in terms of the sonar equations     

Analysis of acoustic backscatter in the vicinity of the Dry Tortugas

 Experimental measurements of the bottom backscattering strength from carbonate sediments were made with a 200-kHz multibeam sonar mounted on a remotely operated vehicle. Results were obtained from eight different sites, which may be grouped into three categories, labeled soft, medium and hard, according to measured sediment sound speed. Sediment samples were gathered at or near each site to help interpret the acoustic results. The acoustic results are compared with extant published data and with the BOGGART bottom backscatter model. Backscattering strength values measured in the soft and medium sites fell within the main cluster of previously published values from sediments of similar grain sizes. The values from the hard region fell close to the upper limit. Dependence of the apparent backscattering strength on sonar height above bottom, particularly for the lower values of height above bottom, was observed, which suggests that the scattering process is a multiple-scattering one.     

High-resolution beamforming by the Wigner-Ville distribution method

The Wigner-Ville distribution (WVD) function was originally proposed by Wigner in quantum mechanics and Ville applied it for signal analysis. This method has made it possible to represent a signal's power density spectrum in the time-frequency domain as a natural extension of the Fourier transform method (FTM). Recently, it has attracted great interest for its validity to analyze time-varying signals accomplished by the development of high-speed digital signal processing, and it is used for analyzing nonstationary signals. Conventionally, a sonar beamformer is constructed using delay lines, but the development of the high-speed processor has made it possible to apply the FTM for sonar beamforming. However, the bearing resolution of the beamformer is not enough for discriminating small underwater objects on the sea bottom by this method. To solve this problem, we aim to apply the WVD method, which can represent finer structure of signals as a natural extension of the FTM, for sonar beamforming to obtain sharper beam patterns than those of the beamforming method by FTM. Simulation results by computational calculations to clarify the resolution by the WVD method, which is presented in this paper, becomes approximately twice as high as by conventional FTM. The results of an experiment at sea also show the performance of this method     

The Effect of Multipath on the Envelope Statistics of Bottom Clutter

Active sonar systems operating in shallow-water environments are often faced with high numbers of false alarms, generically referred to as clutter, arising from among other sources bottom scattering that results in heavy tails in the matched filter envelope probability density function compared with the Rayleigh distribution. In this paper, the effect of multipath propagation on the envelope statistics (i.e., the disparity from the Rayleigh distribution) is modeled through the use of the -distribution where the shape and scale parameters are formed from the autocorrelation function of the transmit waveform, the multipath structure, and the strength and spatial density of the bottom scatterers. Use of the -distribution is justified by showing that it is the limiting distribution of the sum of independent but not identically distributed -distributed random variables, which is representative of multipath when the bottom produces -distributed backscatter. The shape parameter, which drives the clutter statistics, is seen to be inversely proportional to bandwidth at bandwidths low enough that the multipath is not resolved and again at bandwidths high enough that all of the paths are resolved. As has been previously reported by LePage [IEEE J. Ocean. Eng., vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 330-346, 2004], multipath is shown to make clutter statistics more Rayleigh-like, which in this analysis equates to an increase in the -distribution shape parameter. The model is used to evaluate the effect on clutter statistics of varying environmental characterizations and system configurations where it is seen that, for a constant sound-speed profile, increasing the vertical aperture of the sonar, the center frequency, or surface roughness can lead to less multipath and, therefore, a reduction in the -distribution shape parameter and an increase in the probability of false alarm.     

Undersea Target Classification Using Canonical Correlation Analysis

Canonical correlation analysis is employed as a multiaspect feature extraction method for underwater target classification. The method exploits linear dependence or coherence between two consecutive sonar returns, at different aspect angles. This is accomplished by extracting the dominant canonical correlations between the two sonar returns and using them as features for classifying mine-like objects from nonmine-like objects. The experimental results on a wideband acoustic backscattered data set, which contains sonar returns from several mine-like and nonmine-like objects in two different environmental conditions, show the promise of canonical correlation features for mine-like versus nonmine-like discrimination. The results also reveal that in a fixed bottom condition, canonical correlation features are relatively invariant to changes in aspect angle.     

声相关海流剖面(ACCP)测量的流速估值方法

声相关海流剖面（ACCP）测量技术对水体回波信号进行空间相关处理来估计流速值，与声学多普勒海流剖面仪（ADCP）相比ACCP的工作频工，更适合深海测流应用，ACCP测量系统对回波信号进行时空相关处理，根据相关函数的位置来估计被测水团的流速值，ACCP从信号中提取流速值要运用参数估计技术，本文介绍了采用极大似然法和最小二乘法进行流速参数的处理方法，给出一些典型流速情形的数值计算结果。     

Detection of objects on the sea bottom using backscatteringcharacteristics dependent on the observation point

Sector-scanning sonar systems image the sea bottom to detect objects that can be distinguished from the background structure of the sea bottom. In current systems, images are displayed and discarded as new image data become available, In this paper, a method for improving sonar detection by utilizing all images in a sequence is investigated. The proposed method requires that sonar data are acquired with a sector-scanning sonar in a side-looking configuration. It is demonstrated that these data can be used to detect observation-point-dependent changes in sea-bottom backscattering characteristics. These changes provide additional cues for discrimination that can improve the detection of objects on the sea bottom. Results of applying the method to experimental data are presented     

High-frequency reverberation in shallow water

Monostatic reverberation measurements were collected in shallow water, over a coarse gravel and cobble bottom, 100 m deep, off the coast of Nova Scotia. Data were collected at frequencies of 21, 28, and 36 kHz using linear FM pulses of 2-kHz bandwidth and 0.160-s duration. An anchored, high-frequency active sonar array deployed at a depth of 42 m was used to collect the data. The reverberation measurements were compared with estimates computed with the NUWC generic sonar model (GSM). The data were reasonably well modeled for times greater than 0.2 s after pulse transmission by neglecting surface reverberation and using Lambert's rule for bottom backscattering with a scattering coefficient of -27 dB, independent of frequency. At all three frequencies, the data and model show a peak approximately 0.9 s after pulse transmission. This peak results from a focusing effect that the downward-refracting sound-speed profile has on the interaction of the rays with the bottom