• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.400-405
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• 2024

When cavitation noise occurs in ship propellers, the level of underwater radiated noise abruptly increases, which can be a critical threat factor as it increases the probability of detection, particularly in the case of naval vessels. Therefore, accurately and promptly assessing cavitation signals is crucial for improving the survivability of submarines. Traditionally, techniques for determining cavitation occurrence have mainly relied on assessing acoustic/vibration levels measured by sensors above a certain threshold, or using the Detection of Envelop Modulation On Noise (DEMON) method. However, technologies related to this rely on a physical understanding of cavitation phenomena and subjective criteria based on user experience, involving multiple procedures, thus necessitating the development of techniques for early automatic recognition of cavitation signals. In this paper, we propose an algorithm that automatically detects cavitation occurrence based on simple statistical features reflecting cavitation characteristics extracted from acoustic signals measured by sensors attached to the hull. The performance of the proposed technique is evaluated depending on the number of sensors and model test conditions. It was confirmed that by sufficiently training the characteristics of cavitation reflected in signals measured by a single sensor, the occurrence of cavitation signals can be determined.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.317-328
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• 2013

In this paper, the optimization has been performed to design a multi-layer structure that is used as a structure for noise reduction of acoustic sonar sensors in underwater vehicles. Two design goals are considered to reduce self-noise from own machineries and to enhance acoustic signals detected from outside. Both distinct and continuous design parameters have been used such as selection of material properties of each layer and thickness of each layer, respectively. The sensitivity of design parameters has been analyzed and the evolutionary algorithm has been implemented for design optimization. For design optimization process, each of the design goals and the two combined design goals have been considered to analyze the achievement of those design goals.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.328-336
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• 2017

The goal of this study is simulation of optimal search pattern of ships based on performance surface which are reflected underwater environmental. The process is as follows. First, temporal and spatial environmental database are extracted in complex environment and input hull mounted SONAR system parameters. The environmental database and SONAR system parameters are substituted to SONAR equations, and calculate signal excess, detection probability, detection range. And then, the performance surface, which can be used to provide operational insight of SONAR detection performance, are pictorialized. Finally, optimal search pattern of ships are simulated using genetic algorithm based on performance surface. And then, we certify optimal search pattern in various ways.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.96-105
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• 2019

Ocean reverberation is the most limiting factor in designing realistic and real-time system for sonar simulator. The simulation for an ocean reverberation requires a lot of computational loads, so it is hard to embed program and generate real-time signal in the sonar simulator. In this study, we simulate a time-domain bottom reverberation signal based on Harrison's energy-flux bottom reverberation model by applying Doppler effects as ship maneuvering and autoregressive model. Finally, the bottom reverberation signal with realistic characteristics could be generated for the simulation of ONR reverberation modeling workshop-I problem XI and East Sea ocean environments.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.529-535
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• 2011

Indoor noise is very important related to the morale and fighting power of the crew as well as environmental condition for them in a navel vessel. Especially, the crew members working in CIC (combat information center) and sonar equipment room require much more quiet environment condition. One of the most serious noise source in CIC is the cooling fan noise installed in the console of the combat system. Therefore, in this paper, the design of the plenum chamber is studied to reduce the noise of the fan from these consoles by numerical analysis and experiment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.77-82
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• 2011

Indoor noise is very important related to the morale and fighting power of the crew as well as environmental condition for them in a navel vessel. Especially, the crew members working in CIC(Combat Information Center) and sonar equipment room require much more quiet environment condition in order to increase the performance of their combat system. One of the most serious noise source in CIC is the cooling fan noise installed in the console of the combat system. Therefore, in this paper, the design of the plenum chamber is studied to reduce the noise of the fan from these consoles by numerical analysis.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.394-400
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• 2013

Underwater radiated noise is one of the important performances related to stealth of the naval vessel. However, the evaluation can't be performed frequently due to the cost. Therefore, the estimation method of the underwater radiated noise with average hull vibration is suggested in this paper assuming that the hull of the ship is infinite plate which consists of various unit plates. Through the experiment, the estimated noise is verified from the comparison to the measured data. In addition the difference of underwater radiated noise according to the operating equipments is estimated with measured vibration velocity.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.276-285
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• 2003

In this paper, we present real-time implementation of a R2MFC/DTMF (R2 Multi Frequency Combinations/Dual Tone Multiple Frequency) tone receiver/sender using a high performance DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and apply it to a carrier class VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) gateway system. The Receiver utilizes the Goertzel filter and the sender adopts the harmonic resonant filter. We describe, in detail, the techniques of multi-channel real-time implementation on a Texas Instruments TMS320C62x DSP such as effective PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) in/out by means of DMA (Direct Memory Access) and McBSP (Multi Channel Buffered Serial Port) and message communication via HPI (Host Port Interface), etc. From experimental results, we confirmed that the optimized code provided 780 channel capacity at 250㎒ C6202, and the our R2MFC/DTMF receiver/sender met ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication) specifications.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.31-36
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• 2000

This paper describes the implementation and the evaluation of the speech recognition automatic exchange system. The system provides government or public offices, companies, educational institutions that are composed of large number of members and parts with exchange service using speech recognition technology. The recognizer of the system is a Speaker-Independent, Isolated-word, Flexible-Vocabulary recognizer based on SCHMM(Semi-Continuous Hidden Markov Model). For real-time implementation, DSP TMS320C32 made in Texas Instrument Inc. is used. The system operating terminal including the diagnosis of speech recognition DSP and the alternation of speech recognition candidates makes operation easy. In this experiment, 8 speakers pronounced words of 1,300 vocabulary related to automatic exchange system over wire telephone network and the recognition system achieved 91.5% of word accuracy.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.110-117
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• 2016

Passive sonar systems detect and classify the target by analyzing the radiated noises from vessels. If multiple noise sources exist within the sonar detection range, it gets difficult to classify each noise source because mixture of noise sources are observed. To overcome this problem, a beamforming technique is used to separate noise sources spatially though it has various limitations. In this paper, we propose a new method that uses a FDICA (Frequency Domain Independent Component Analysis) to separate noise sources from the mixture. For experiments, each noise source signal was synthesized by considering the features such as machinery tonal components and propeller tonal components. And the results of before and after separation were compared by using LOFAR (Low Frequency Analysis and Recording), DEMON (Detection Envelope Modulation On Noise) analysis.