Browsing Reprints by Subject "Acoustic propagation"
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Beam spreading and loss of spatial coherence in an inhomogeneous and fluctuating ocean
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1975/10)A theory has been developed that enables estimates to be made of beam bending, beam spreading and loss of spatial coherence. In this paper we concentrate on the loss of spatial coherence due to scattering. Using a minus ... -
Calculation of propagation losses in a medium with a velocity profile approximated by a number of Epstein profiles
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1971/12)This paper presents a digital ray-theory program, by which the ray trace, travel time and intensity can be calculated for velocity profiles approximated by a number of Epstein functions. -
Calculation of reverberation and average intensity of broadband acoustic signals in the ocean by means of the RAIBAC computer model
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1976/04)Based on the conventional ray-tracing principle, a fast numerical algorithm is developed that calculates averaged propagation loss and reverberation of underwater sound. The averaging is performed by summing incoherently ... -
Comments on the ray theory approximation
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Comparison of CONGRATS ray tracing predictions with MEDUSA measurements of reverberation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1971/12)From the user's point of view, ray tracing is just a computer procedure which is inserted into larger programs of different degrees of complexity . The following table indicates in which kind of programs this procedure is ... -
Comparison of propagation measurements obtained using the MEDUSA system with computer modelled data
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Comparison of ray tracing predictions with wideband propagation measurements
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1971/12)The paper gives an illustration of the latest methods which have been developed at SACLANTCEN for the experimental study of sound propagation in deep water. They are based on a high sampling of the sound field produced by ... -
Computer models for underwater sound propagation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1975/10)The state of affairs of computer models for underwater sound propagation loss estimation is discussed from the viewpoints of two segments of the sonar community; i.e., (1) those who develop the models and are primarily ... -
Connection between the solution of the Helmholtz and parabolic equations for sound propagation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1975/10)Using a conformal mapping technique in a rectangular waveguide, we present an exact integral relation between the solutions of the Helmholtz equation whose sound speed c(x,y) varies as a function of both depth y and range ... -
Considerations on numerical and experimental propagation models for two-dimensional variations of medium properties
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1971/12)One of the problems the FWG is dealing with is the prediction of sound propagation loss in shallow water. A part of this problem is being treated by bringing measurements and numerical computation into relationship. -
Deterministic methods of sound field computation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1975/10)Models for acoustic propagation in the ocean environment have matured to a level where they are used routinely to estimate deterministic phenomena and, most recently, have been applied to the investigation of stochastic ... -
Deterministic propagation modelling: Part 1: Fundamental principles *Part 2: Numerical results
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1981/06)The physics of sound propagation in the ocean is briefly reviewed. The wave equation is presented and a set of solutions under a variety of approximations is discussed. The consistency among these solutions is illustrated. -
Effects of sea-ice ridges on sound propagation in the Arctic Ocean
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1975/10)An environmental/acoustic model of sound propagation in the Arctic Ocean, which accounts for reflection losses from ridged sea ice, has been developed. In this model sea-ice ridges are represented as infinitely long, ... -
Environmental impact on mobile sonar shallow water operations
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1993/08)Shallow Water operations provide unique challenges for mobile sonars. In many cases propagation conditions can be optimized - our studies have shown that sound channeling can occur in approximately 75% of the strategic ... -
Geoacoustic inversion using multipath pulse shape
(NURC, 2008/09)Experimental data, measured in a shallow water region of the Mediterranean Sea, are used to show that the variation of received intensity with time is well described by existing expressions [Harrison and Nielsen, J. Acoust. ... -
Geoacoustic modeling of the seabed at higher frequencies
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997)In propagation at higher frequencies, local fluid motion in "hidden coordinate" systems and local discontinuities due to gas bubbles and bioturbation have a perturbing effect on the wave field. To model these effects, a ... -
Geometrical properties of underwater sound propagation
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Hamiltonian methods in hydro-acoustic propagation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1971/12)The investigation that I wish to outline here originated in the military need of forecasting detection p r obabilities of underwater acoustic emitters, in case s in which only a somewhat general idea of the sound speed ... -
High frequency acoustic propagation in coastal waters
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997)High Frequency Acoustic Propagation experiments were performed with bottom-mounted sources and receivers at different coastal sites. A measurement technique has been developed and propagation loss data have been taken using ...