• 한국해양공학회지
• /
• 제22권2호
• /
• pp.65-71
• /
• 2008

Recently, many researches in relation to data transmission with faster speed and greater volume, many researches have been carried out on sonar systems for underwater communication. According to these researches, an acoustic transducer for underwater communication requires wide bandwidth properties. In domestic researches for underwater communication sonar, an operating frequency in the range of $20{\sim}40\;kHz$ is used. In this paper, we propose anon-resonance type acoustic transducer for underwater communication. The TVR (transmitting voltage response) characteristics increased linearly as the frequency increased, and the RVS (receiving voltage sensitivity) characteristics were constant as the frequency increased. Traditional techniques for wide bandwidth transducershave a limit and a transmission loss difference at lower and higher frequency operating ranges. In this paper, the new transducer proposed decreased the transmission loss under some conditions. It was optimized with the FE analysis tool (ATILA) and evaluated using the TVR and the RVS characteristics in the range of $10{\sim}90\;kHz$. The value of TVR was 138 dB at 20 kHz and 148 dB at 40 kHz, and the differences was 12 dB. The value of RVS was $195{\pm}2\;dB$ and nearly constant. From theseresults, it is certain that the developed transducers can be used for an underwater communication network in the 1.3 km range with both a 20 kHz bandwidth and 30 kHz center frequency.

• 한국세라믹학회지
• /
• 제54권2호
• /
• pp.150-157
• /
• 2017

Three types of piezoelectric single crystals [PMN-PT (Generation I $[Pb(Mg_{1/3}Nb_{2/3})O_3-PbTiO_3]$), PMN-PZT (Generation II $[Pb(Mg_{1/3}Nb_{2/3})O_3-Pb(Zr,Ti)O_3]$), PMN-PZT-Mn (Generation III)] were grown by the solid-state single crystal growth (SSCG) method, and their dielectric and piezoelectric properties were measured and compared. Compared to (001) PMN-PT and PMN-PZT single crystals, the (001) PMN-PZT-Mn single crystals exhibited a higher transition temperature between the rhombohedral and tetragonal phases ($T_{RT}=144^{\circ}C$), as well as a higher coercive electric field ($E_C=6.3kV/cm$) and internal bias field ($E_I=1.6kV/cm$). The (011) PMN-PZT-Mn single crystals showed the highest coercive electric field ($E_C=7.0kV/cm$), and the highest stability of $E_C$ and $E_I$ during 60 cycles of polarization measurement. These results demonstrate that both Mn doping (for higher electromechanical quality factor ($Q_m$)) and a (011) crystallographic orientation (for higher coercive electric field and stability) are necessary for high power transducer applications of these piezoelectric single crystals. Specifically, the (011) PMN-PZT-Mn single crystal (Gen. III) had the highest potential for application in the fields of SONAR transducers, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), ultrasonic motors, and others.

• 한국수산과학회지
• /
• 제51권2호
• /
• pp.178-186
• /
• 2018

A chirp-echo data acquisition and processing system was developed for use as a simplified, PC-based chirp echo-sounder with some data processing software modules. The design of the software and hardware system was implemented via a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Digital signal processing algorithms for driving a single-channel chirp transmitter and dual-channel receivers with independent TVG (time varied gain) amplifier modules were incorporated into the FPGA for better real-time performance. The chirp-echo data acquisition and processing system consisted of a notebook PC, an FPGA board, and chirp sonar transmitter and receiver modules, which were constructed using three chirp transducers operating over a frequency range of 35-210 kHz. The functionality of this PC-based chirp echo-sounder was tested in various field experiments. The results of these experiments showed that the developed PC-based chirp echo-sounder could be used in the acquisition, processing and analysis of broadband acoustic echoes related to fish species identification.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
• /
• 제8권1호
• /
• pp.82-86
• /
• 2008

The article presents ARTMAP and Fuzzy BK-Product approach underwater obstacle avoidance for the Autonomous underwater Vehicles (AUV). The AUV moves an unstructured area of underwater and could be met with obstacles in its way. The AUVs are equipped with complex sensorial systems like camera, aquatic sonar system, and transducers. A Neural integrated Fuzzy BK-Product controller, which integrates Fuzzy logic representation of the human thinking procedure with the learning capabilities of neural-networks (ARTMAP), is developed for obstacle avoidance in the case of unstructured areas. In this paper, ARTMAP-Fuzzy BK-Product controller architecture comprises of two distinct elements, are 1) Fuzzy Logic Membership Function and 2) Feed-Forward ART component. Feed-Forward ART component is used to understanding the unstructured underwater environment and Fuzzy BK-Product interpolates the Fuzzy rule set and after the defuzzyfication, the output is used to take the decision for safety direction to go for avoiding the obstacle collision with the AUV. An on-line reinforcement learning method is introduced which adapts the performance of the fuzzy units continuously to any changes in the environment and make decision for the optimal path from source to destination.

• 한국음향학회지
• /
• 제38권2호
• /
• pp.214-221
• /
• 2019

본 논문은 수중음향센서의 수온 변화에 따른 음향 수신 특성 변화를 이론적, 실험적 방법으로 확인하였다. 반사판 및 배플 구성에 따라 중 저주파용 및 고주파용의 두 가지 음향센서를 설계하여 $-2^{\circ}C{\sim}35^{\circ}C$의 온도범위에서 온도 변화에 따른 음향 수신 특성을 각각 분석하였다. 음향센서 주요 구성 소재의 온도별 물성치 변화에 대한 영향성을 분석하기 위하여 압전세라믹, 몰딩 및 배플 시편의 온도별 물성치 변화를 측정하였고, 측정된 물성치를 활용하여 온도별 수신감도(Receiving Voltage Sensitivity, RVS) 변화를 유한요소해석 기법을 통하여 해석하였다. 제작된 두 가지 음향센서의 온도별 수신감도 특성을 측정하기 위하여, 내부 수온 및 수압 조정이 가능한 압력 챔버에 음향센서를 설치하고 챔버 내부 수온을 변화시켜가며 수신감도를 측정하였다. 측정 및 분석결과 수중센서의 온도별 수신감도 특성은 몰딩 재료의 음속변화에 주도적으로 영향을 받는 것을 확인하였다.

• 수산해양기술연구
• /
• 제19권1호
• /
• pp.25-32
• /
• 1983

레이다에서 전파반사표식으로 사용하고 있는 코오너리프렉터를 수중 초음파반사표지로 응용하기 위하여, 코오너리프렉터의 수중초음파반사특성을 이론적으로 고찰하고, 28,50,75KHz의 주파수에 대하여 주파수가 높을수록 높았고, 반사지향성은 직경이 증가함에 따라 예리하였다. 2. 직경이 150mm이고, 코오너각이 15$^{\circ}$, 30$^{\circ}$, 45$^{\circ}$, 60$^{\circ}$, 90$^{\circ}$인 코오너리프렉터의 최대반사강도는 각각 -25.0dB, -17.2dB, -15.2dB, -13.4dB, -11.0dB로서, 코오너각이 증가함에 따라 점차 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으나, 그 주엽 수는 코오너각이 증가함에 따라 점차 감소하였다. 3. 직경이 80mm이고, 코오너각이 90$^{\circ}$인 코오너리프렉터를 2,3,4,5,6,7개씩 음속축을 중심으로 간격없이 평면배열한 경우에 있어서, 반사강도는 각각 -18.2dB, -16.5dB, -15.4dB, -14.3dB, -13.4dB, -12.9dB로서, 이론치와 거의 일치하였으며, 코오너리프렉터수의 평방근에 비례하였다. 4. 직경이 80mm인 코오너리프렉터의 방향각(0,$\theta$sub(a))이 0$^{\circ}$, 2.5$^{\circ}$, 5$^{\circ}$, 7.5$^{\circ}$, $10^{\circ}$, 12.5$^{\circ}$인 경우, 반사강도는 각각 -21.2dB, -21.9dB, -23.4dB, -26.0dB, -30.0dB, -36.8dB로서, 방향성이 증가함에 따라 반사강도는 급격히 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다.