• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.06a
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• pp.18-21
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• 1996

예인형 선배열 소나에서 기존의 선배열 빔형성 기법을 적용하면 예인함 기동시 선배열 형상 변형에 의해 심각한 성능 저하 현상이 나타난다. 이러한 문제 해결을 위해 센서배열 변형을 고려한 견실한 빔형성 기법은 선배열 형상 추정을 위해 칼만필터를 이용한 형상 추정기법을 이용하고, 변형보상 빔형성을 위해 선배열 세그먼트 기울기 추정값을 이용하는 변형보상 빔형성 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안된 기법을 기존의 빔형성 기법을 적용하여 시뮬레이션에 의해 제안된 기법의 보상성능을 입증 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06e
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• pp.151-154
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• 1998

이 논문에서 비선형 배열 MUSIC 빔형성 기법을 이용하여 예인형 선배열 센서 시스템의 표적 좌우 방위 분리 방법을 기술하였다. 이 기법은 배열 운동모델 Water-Pully 모델과 방향센서의 정보를 이용하는 칼만필터를 설계하여 예인함 기동에 따른 배열형상을 추정하고 표적의 좌우방위를 분리하기 위하여 추정된 배열형상에서 MUSIC 빔형성 기법으로 신호처리를 수행하였다. 또한 예인주기와 예인진폭과 같은 예인함 기동형태의 전형적인 빔형성 기법과 MUSIC 빔형성 기법으로 표적의 좌우 방위 분리 성능을 비교 분석하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.255-262
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• 2020

In modern passive sonar systems, a towed array sensor is used to minimize the effects of own ship noise and to get a higher SNR. The thin and long towed array sensor can be guided in a non-linear form according to the maneuvering of tow-ship. If this change of the array shape is not considered, the performance of beamformer may deteriorate. In order to properly beamform the elements in the array, an accurate estimate of the array shape is required. Various techniques exist for estimating the shape of the linear array. In the case of a method using a heading sensor, the estimation performance may be degraded due to the effect of heading sensor noise. As means of removing this potential error, weighted polynomial fitting technique for estimating array shape is developed here. In order to evaluate the performance of proposed method, we conducted computer simulation. From the experiments, it was confirmed that the proposed method is more robust to noise than the conventional method.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.25 no.7
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• pp.346-355
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• 2006

Acoustic data from a shallow water experiment in the East Sea of Korea (MAPLE IV) is Processed to investigate the Performance of matched-field geo-acoustic inversion and source localization. The receiver array consists of two legs as in an L-shape. one vertical and the other horizontal lying on the seabed. Narrowband multi-tone CW source was towed along a slightly inclined bathymetry track. The matched-field geo-acoustic inversion includes comparisons between three processing techniques. all based on the Bartlett processor as; (1) the coherent processing of the data from the full array, (2) the incoherent Product of each output from both the horizontal and vertical arrays, and (3) the cross correlation between the horizontal and vertical arrays. as well as processing each array leg separately. To verify the inversion results. matched-field source localization for low level source signal components were performed using the same Processors used at the inversion stage.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.993-1000
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• 1997

This paper presents a new technique of mathematical treatment using a finite element model for analyzing the vibration of the towed line array. Since the towed line array has the axisymmetricity, axisymmetric elements are used in finite element modeling for the towed array structure. The fluid-structure interaction is also considered. The array consists of a series of identical substructures which can include internal structures such as spacers, hydrophones and ropes. That periodicity of substrucutres permits the substructure synthesis technique using characteristic wave guide for analyzing the response of towed array system. This synthesis technique can reduce the cost of computing the array response. It is suggested that a response of towed array can be computed by the finite element method and substructure synthesis technique using wave guide. Several experiments for towed array were performed to verify the present computation technique. The predicted vibration for the towed array shows good agreement with the measured result.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.437-446
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• 2011

Performance of array sonars towed underwater is limited due to the self-noise induced mainly by the strumming vibration of the towing cable and also turbulent flow around the acoustic sensor module. The vibration of the towing cable generates axisymmetric waves that propagate along the acoustic module of the array sonar and produce self-noise. The present study aims to investigate the characteristics of the self-noise induced by the axisymmetric vibrations of the acoustic module. The waves of interest are the bulge and extensional waves propagating along the fluid-filled elastic hose. Dispersion relations of these waves are predicted by means of the numerical simulation to evaluate the wave speeds. The self-noise induced by the axisymmetric waves are formulated taking into account the damping of the elastic hose and the effect of the damping is investigated.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.69-76
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• 2003

Low-tension cables have been increasingly used in recent years due to deep-sea developments and the advent of synthetic cables. In the case of low-tension cables, large displacements may happen due to relatively small restoring forces of tension and thus the effects of fluid and geometric non-linearities and bending stiffness. A Fortran program is developed by employing a finite difference method. In the algorithm, an implicit time integration and Newton-Raphson iteration are adopted. For the calculation of huge size of matrices, block tri-diagonal matrix method is applied, which is much faster than the well-known Gauss-Jordan method in two point boundary value problems. Some case studies are carried out and the results of numerical simulations are compared with a in-house program of WHOI Cable with good agreements.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.559-566
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• 2016

Cables for Towed Array Sonar System(TASS) were developed. In order to verify the performance of cables, environmental and operational conditions as well as functional requirements were investigated during design stage. Double armored high and low voltage integrated cable for towed body and two kinds of cables, armored and light weight power and optic hybrid cables for towed array sensor system were developed by modeling and simulation. Customized manufacturing process and test method, such as foam extrusion and dynamic fatigue test were applied to this development. In conclusion, underwater towed hybrid cable with high tensile strength and compact structure were developed.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.377-380
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• 2004

정합장처리는 음파를 이용하여 해양환경 변수와 표적의 위치를 추정하는 신호처리 기법을 말한다. 이를 연구 하기 위하여 2003년 10월, 2004년 5월과 10월 등 3차례에 걸쳐 음향실험을 실시하였다. 동해시 앞의 수심 100-150 해당하는 대륙붕 지역에 20채널의 수직 선배열 센서를 설치하고 저주파 예인 음원기, 토모그래피 음원, 전구 발파기를 이용하여 음향신호를 획득하였다. 측정된 해양 및 음향자료와 실험 해역에 대한 지음향 데이터 베이스를 이용하여 일차적으로 음원의 위치 및 지음향 변수를 추정하는 분석을 실시하였다. 국방과학연구소, 한양대학교, 서울대학교가 참여하는 공동실험은 앞으로 3차례 더 실시할 계획에 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.36-43
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• 2003

Multi-target away signal simulator which can simulate the radiated noises of maneuvering targets in a specified ocean range is an essential equipment for the validation of developed towed array sonar system. This simulator should provide realistic multi-channel signals those are required for beamforming on the signal processing unit of towed away system. This paper describes the overall system configuration and signal synthesis techniques for the target radiated noise. And this paper considers why the time delays between target and individual sensors are caused and how to compensate these time delays to individual sensors output. This multi-purpose target simulator could be used for the training of TASS operators.