• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.362-369
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• 2004

The High-frequency (30 ∼ 120 ㎑) bottom reflection loss at rough water-sediment interface is affected by the gram size distribution of the sediments. The roughness of the bottom surface is represented by "acoustical roughness. g/sub R/" The grain size of sandy sediments is g/sub R/∼O(1) and the dependence as a function of frequency. We suggest the modified bottom reflection loss model (HYBRL model , HanYang university Bottom Reflection Loss model) that include in the deviation of the reflection loss as a function of the grain size distribution and frequency dependence. And bottom reflection loss model of frequency dependence and deviation of bottom properties is verified by water tank and field experiments.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.89-92
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• 2000

고주파 대역의 소오나를 이용하여 해저면 상태, 즉 해저면 거칠기 및 비균질성의 변화에 따른 음파 산란 영향을 파악하기 위한 실험을 실시하였다. 지음향 요소 중, 평균 입도 크기(mean grain size)는 입도 분석을 통하여 결정하였으며, 이를 기초로 하여 나머지 요소들(Density, Velocity Ratio 등)을 결정하였다. 또한 공극률을 측정하여 평균 입도 크기와 비교함으로써, 공극률과 입자 크기 사이의 관계를 나타내보고자 하였다. 이렇게 파악된 해저면 특성들과 해저면에 의해 산란되어 들어오는 신호의 분석을 통하여 해저면의 상태에 따른 신호의 변화를 비교하였다. 획득된 자료들은 해저면의 상태, 즉 해저면 연흔(ripple)의 유무와 해저면내의 비균질성에 따라 수신되는 신호에 차이를 나타내었으며, 또한 입사각, 산란 각 및 방위각의 변화에 따라 신호에 차이를 보였다. 수신된 신호들간의 비교를 통하여 해저면내의 비균질성의 차이에 따른 산란 음파의 변화 양상을 파악하고자 하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.444-454
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• 2015

Measurements of bottom backscattering strengths in a frequency range of 6-14 kHz were made on the shallow water off the southern Gyeonggi Bay in Yellow Sea in May 2013, as part of the KIOST-HYU joint acoustics experiment. Geological surveys for the experimental area were performed using multi-beam echo sounder, sparker system, and grab sampling to investigate the bottom topography, sub-bottom profile and composition of surficial sediment, respectively. In this paper, the backscattering strengths as a function of grazing angle (in range of $28^{\circ}{\sim}69^{\circ}$) were estimated and compared to the predictions obtained by Lambert's law and APL-UW scattering model. Finally, the effects of geoacoustic parameters corresponding to the experimental area on the backscattering strengths are discussed.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.8
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• pp.652-659
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• 2003

High-frequency(40∼120 kHz) reflection loss measurements on the water-sandy sediment with a flat interface were conducted in a water tank for various grazing angles. The water tank(5×5×5 m) was filled with a 0.5 m-thick-flat bottom of 0.5ø-mean-grain-size sand. Reflection losses, which were experimentally obtained as a function of grazing angle and frequency, were compared with the forward loss model, APL-UW model (Mourad & Jackson, 1989). For frequencies below 60 kHz, the observed losses well agree with the reflection loss model, however, in cases for frequencies above 70 kHz, the observed losses are greater by 2∼3 dB than the model results. The model calculation, which does not fully account for the vertical scale of roughness due to grain size, produce less bottom losses compared to the observations that correspond to large roughness based on the Rayleigh parameter in the wave scattering theory. In conclusion, for the same grain-size-sediment, as frequencies increase, the grainsize becomes the scale of roughness that could be very large for the frequencies above 70 kHz. Therefore, although the sea bottom was flat, we have to consider the frequency dependence of an effect of roughness within confidential interval of grain size distribution in reflection loss model.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.78-87
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• 2003

High-frequency (126-㎑) bottom backscattering measurements with various bottom types were conducted at the water tank in Ocean Acoustic Laboratory, Hanyang University. For the purpose of investigating the energy distribution of bottom scattering with various bottom types, the sediment was varied with gravel, sand, sandy mud and mixed bottoms. To examine the anisotropic nature of the scattering due to the orientations of bottom ripple, the footprints were made transverse and longitudinal to the direction of incident wave. The total scattering characteristics are that the larger grazing angles the larger backscattering strengths become and backscattering strengths for a transverse ripple case are higher than those of longitudinal ripple case. finally, the variations of scattering strength depend mainly on the ripple's orientation.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.81-86
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• 2001

126-kHz bistatic sea surface scattering measurements were conducted in the shallow waters off the east coasts of Korea. The range from source to receiver was altered to change the scattering angle at the grazing angles of 38％ and 52％ . Unlike bottom scattering signal, the arrival time and the amplitude of sea surface scattering signals were varied due to the fluctuation of sea surface. The measured forward scattering strengths were compared to model predictions of Kirchhoff approximation and small slope approximation. In overall, the tendency of the scattering strengths showed reasonable agreement among the experimental data, Kirchhoff approximation, and small slope approximation.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.671-678
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• 2002

High-frequency monostatic reverberation model (HYREV: HanYang Univ. REVerberation model) suitable for shallow-water environment is presented. It is difficult to predict reverberation signals in shallow water due to scattering from sea surface and seafloor. The arrival times and transmission losses from the source to scatterers are obtained from the eigenrays. The composite roughness theory is used to predict the boundary scattering. The signals generated by the HYREV and the GSM were compared with the observed signals and it is showed that the HYREV model provided a closer fit to the observed signals than those obtained using the GSM.