• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.445-454
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• 2024

To detect underwater targets using sonar, sonar performance analysis that reflects the ocean environment and sonar characteristics must be performed. Sonar performance modeling of passive and monostatic sonar can be performed relatively quickly even considering the ocean environment. However, since bistatic and multistatic sonar performance modeling require higher computational complexity and much more time than passive or monostatic sonar cases, they have been performed by simplifying or not considering the ocean environment. In thisstudy, the effects of reverberation and ocean environment in bistatic sonar performance were analyzed using the bistatic reverberation modeling in the Ulleung Basin of the East Sea. As the sonar operation depth approaches the sound channel axis, the influence of the bathymetry on sound propagation is reduced, and the reverberation limited environment is formed only at short distances. Finally, it was confirmed that similar trends appeared through comparison between the simplified and elaborately calculated sonar performance modeling results.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.12-22
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• 2017

It is important to predict accurately reverberation level, which is a limiting factor in underwater target detection. Recently, the studies have been expanded from monostatic sonar to bistatic sonar in which source and receivers are separated. To simulate the bistatic reverberation level, the computation processes for propagation, scattering strength, and scattering cross section are different from those in monostatic case and more complex computation processes are required. Although there have been many researches for bistatic reverberation, few studies have assessed the bistatic scattering cross section which is a key factor in simulate reverberation level. In this paper, a new method to estimate the bistatic scattering cross section is suggested, which uses the area of intersection between two circles. Finally, the reverberation levels simulated with the scattering cross section estimated using the method suggested in this paper are compared with those estimated using the methods previously suggested and those measured from an acoustic measurements conducted in May 2013.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.419-425
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• 2022

This paper aims to evaluate the acoustic detection performance for the deployment of the source and receiver positions of a bi-static sonar. In contrast with a mono-static sonar, a bi-static sonar has a large amount of computation and complexity for deployment. Therefore, in this study, we propose an assessment method that reduces the amount of computation while considering the variability of the ocean environment as a method to apply to the placement of the source and receiver of a bi-static sonar. First, we assume the representative ocean environment in the shallow and deep water. The signal excess is calculated with the source to receiver ranges and sensor depths. And the result is compared with the proposed assessment method of acoustic detection performance.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.139-146
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• 2018

Monostatic sonar systems localize targets using the time information of pulse transmission and receipt. Whereas, in asynchronous bistatic sonar systems, receivers need to detect direct blast to localize targets, since a source doesn't share pulse information with receivers. In this paper, we propose a direct blast detection algorithm, which estimates PRI (Pulse Repetition Interval) of direct blast and adaptive thresholds. Experimental results show the proposed algorithm has robust direct blast detection performance in the environment where strong background noise and target signal exist.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.437-444
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• 2024

Bistatic sonar performance varies significantly depending on the ocean environment, the location (latitude, longitude) and water depth of the source and receiver. Therefore, research on optimal deployment of bistatic sonar considering ocean environment is necessary. In this study, we suggest an algorithm to optimize the location and water depth of source and receiver when operating monostatic and bistatic sonar on two spatially separated surface ships in the Ulleung Basin in the East Sea. A particle swarm optimization algorithm was used to search the location and water depth of the source and receiver to maximize the detectable area within the search area. As a result of performing bistatic sonar deployment using the algorithm proposed in this study, the detectable area increased as the number of model iterations increased. Additionally, it was confirmed that the source and receiver on the two surface ships converged to the optimal location and water depth.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.293-299
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• 2017

Small unmanned platforms maneuvering underwater are the key naval future forces, utilized as the asymmetric power in war. As a method of detecting and identifying such platforms, we introduce a property estimation technique based on an iterative numerical analysis. The property estimation technique can estimate not only the position of a target but also its physical properties. Moreover, it will have a potential in detecting and classifying still target or multiple targets. In this study, we have conducted the property estimation of an small underwater target using the data acquired from the lake experiment. As a result, it shows that the properties of a small platform may be roughly estimated from the in site data even using one channel.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.455-471
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• 2013

Active sonar has been commonly used to detect targets existing in the shallow water. When a signal is transmitted and returned back from a target, it has been distorted by various properties of acoustic channel such as multipath arrivals, scattering from rough sea surface and ocean bottom, and refraction by sound speed structure, which makes target detection difficult. It is therefore necessary to consider these channel properties in the target signal simulation in operational performance system of active sonar. In this paper, a monostatic active sonar system is considered, and the target echo, reverberation, and ambient noise are individually simulated as a function of time, and finally summed to simulate a total received signal. A 3-dimensional highlight model, which can reflect the target features including the shape, position, and azimuthal and elevation angles, has been applied to each multipath pair between source and target to simulate the target echo signal. The results are finally compared to those obtained by the algorithm in which only direct path is considered in target signal simulation.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.437-440
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• 2004

HMS(Hull Mounted Sonar) 운용 시 수중음속구조의 영향에 의한 음파가 경계면(해저면, 해수면)의 반사를 통해서 근거리 음영구역(short range shadow zone)을 발생시킨다(그림 1). 따라서 본 논문에서는 다양한 수중음파탐지 무기체계 가운데 특히 단상태 (monostatic) 조건일 때 HMS에 의해 발생하는 근거리 음영구역을 최소화하는 방안을 연구하였다. 즉, 2차원 수중공간 (수심-거리)에서 빔형성기법 (beamforming)을 이용한 HMS Vertical Scanning (HMS Verscan) 기법을 제안하여 수치 실험을 수행하였다. 수치실험을 위해 HMS 운용환경에 근접한 고주파 음선모델(BELLHOP)과 잔향음 모델(HYREV)을 이용하였다. 그 결과 HMS Verscan 기법은 수평방향의 음파방사에 의해 주로 발생하는 근거리 음영구역으로 해저반사를 통하여 음파를 전달시켰고, 근거리 음영 구역에 숨어있는 표적의 탐지가능성을 높였다. 또한 실제 산란환경을 고려한 수치실험 결과에서도 부분적으로 표적이 탐지가 됨으로써 HMS Verscan 기법의 근거리 음영구역의 감소효과를 확인하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.435-445
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• 2022

In this study, the reverberation of a bistatic sonar operated in southeastern coast in the East Sea in July 2020 was analyzed. The reverberation sensor data were collected through an LFM sound source towed by a research vessel and a horizontal line array receiver 1 km to 5 km away from it. The reverberation sensor data was analyzed by various methods including geo-plot after signal processing. Through this, it was confirmed that the angle reflected from the sound source through the scatterer to the receiver has a dominant influence on the distribution of the reverberation sound, and the probability distribution characteristics of bistatic sonar reverberation varies for each beam. In addition, parametric factors of K distribution and Rayleigh distribution were estimated from the sample through moment method estimation. Using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test at the confidence level of 0.05, the distribution probability of the data was analyzed. As a result, it could be observed that the reverberation follows a Rayleigh probability distribution, and it could be estimated that this was the effect of a low reverberation to noise ratio.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.75-80
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• 2000

Kinetic data for the acid phase anaerobic digestion were presented in this study and the constants were determined with acid production rate and gas production rate. Process models based on continuous culture theory were used to describe the characteristics of the acid forming microorganisms and to enable further development toward utilization of the process in a more rational manner. Acid phase digestion can be separated with appropriate manipulation of hydraulic retention time in anaerobic digestion. Kinetic analysis of data from the various hydraulic retention times using a phase specific model obtained form the acid phase indicated maximum specific growth rate of 0.40/h, saturation constant of 2,000mgCOD.$\ell$, yield coefficient of 0.35 mgVSS/msCOD utilized and decay constant of 0.04/h for the acid production rate. Similar analysis of data for the gas production rate indicated maximum specific growth rate of 0.003/h, saturation constant of 2,200mgCOD/$\ell$, yield coefficient of 0.035 mgVSS/mgCOD utilized and decay constant of 0.06/h.