Download or read book Underwater Acoustic Positioning Systems written by P. H. Milne and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Underwater Acoustic Positioning Systems written by B. S. McCartney and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Underwater Acoustic Positioning System written by Gerard Blokdyk and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are there Underwater acoustic positioning system Models? Are we Assessing Underwater acoustic positioning system and Risk? Who is the main stakeholder, with ultimate responsibility for driving Underwater acoustic positioning system forward? What are your current levels and trends in key measures or indicators of Underwater acoustic positioning system product and process performance that are important to and directly serve your customers? how do these results compare with the performance of your competitors and other organizations with similar offerings? What are the revised rough estimates of the financial savings/opportunity for Underwater acoustic positioning system improvements? This amazing Underwater acoustic positioning system self-assessment will make you the accepted Underwater acoustic positioning system domain standout by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Underwater acoustic positioning system challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Underwater acoustic positioning system work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Underwater acoustic positioning system task and that every Underwater acoustic positioning system outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Underwater acoustic positioning system costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Underwater acoustic positioning system advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Underwater acoustic positioning system essentials are covered, from every angle: the Underwater acoustic positioning system self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Underwater acoustic positioning system outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Underwater acoustic positioning system practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Underwater acoustic positioning system are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Underwater acoustic positioning system self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.

Download or read book Signal Design for Underwater Acoustic Positioning Systems Based on Orthogonal Waveforms written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Precise Underwater Acoustic Positioning Method Based on Phase Measurement written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Positioning an underwater object with respect to a reference point is required in diverse areas in ocean scientific and engineering undertakings, such as marine habitat monitoring, study of sedimentation processes, underwater searching and mapping, data collection, instrument placement and retrieval, and so on. Underwater acoustic positioning systems, including long baseline (LBL) systems, short baseline (SBL) systems, and ultra-short baseline (USBL) systems, are designed to operate from a reference point and employ external transducers or transducer arrays as aids for positioning. Traditional positioning methods rely on measuring of time-of-flight of an acoustic signal travelling from the target to the reference platform by means of the cross-correlation method. The positioning accuracy of LBL systems varies from a few centimeters to a few meters, depending on the operating range and working frequency. LBL systems provide a uniform positioning accuracy for a given transponder array setup, but they suffer the time-consuming instrument deployment on the seafloor, as well as the complicated operating procedures. SBL and USBL systems have relatively simple configurations. But their positioning accuracy is a function of water depth and operating range. To obtain absolute position accuracy, additional sensors such as the ship's gyro or a surface navigation system are needed. In this thesis, a novel positioning method is proposed which takes advantages of a tether cable between the reference platform and the target. This method conducts positioning via continuous phase measurement between a reference signal and the acoustic signal transmitted by the target to the reference platform. It is named the Positioning-based-on-PHase-Measurement method or PPHM method in short. Every 2 change in the phase difference between these two signals corresponds to a one-wavelength range increment along the radial direction from the targets initial position to its new position. If a receive.

Download or read book Underwater Acoustic Positioning Systems written by P. H. Milne and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Precise Underwater Acoustic Positioning Method Based on Phase Measurement written by Li Zhou and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Positioning an underwater object with respect to a reference point is required in diverse areas in ocean scientific and engineering undertakings, such as marine habitat monitoring, study of sedimentation processes, underwater searching and mapping, data collection, instrument placement and retrieval, and so on. Underwater acoustic positioning systems, including long baseline (LBL) systems, short baseline (SBL) systems, and ultra-short baseline (USBL) systems, are designed to operate from a reference point and employ external transducers or transducer arrays as aids for positioning. Traditional positioning methods rely on measuring of time-of-flight of an acoustic signal travelling from the target to the reference platform by means of the cross-correlation method. The positioning accuracy of LBL systems varies from a few centimeters to a few meters, depending on the operating range and working frequency. LBL systems provide a uniform positioning accuracy for a given transponder array setup, but they suffer the time-consuming instrument deployment on the seafloor, as well as the complicated operating procedures. SBL and USBL systems have relatively simple configurations. But their positioning accuracy is a function of water depth and operating range. To obtain absolute position accuracy, additional sensors such as the ship's gyro or a surface navigation system are needed. In this thesis, a novel positioning method is proposed which takes advantages of a tether cable between the reference platform and the target. This method conducts positioning via continuous phase measurement between a reference signal and the acoustic signal transmitted by the target to the reference platform. It is named the Positioning-based-on-PHase-Measurement method or PPHM method in short. Every 2? change in the phase difference between these two signals corresponds to a one-wavelength range increment along the radial direction from the target's initial position to its new position. If a receiver array is used, with at least two hydrophones, the target's bearing information can be also calculated by measuring the phases of the output signals from each of the array hydrophones. Under ideal conditions, the positioning error of the PPHM method is proportional to the phase measurement error. The PPHM method is very sensitive to changes in the underwater medium, such as sound speed variations, ocean currents and multipath interferences. Environmental fluctuations will degrade the positioning performance. These problems will be investigated and solutions will be proposed to minimize their effects. The PPHM method can be used to position an underwater moving object such as a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) or a bottom crawler. Also, it can be used to monitor the ocean currents speed variations over a path, or to monitor the movements of tectonic plates. The last two applications will be addressed in detail in this thesis, whereas the first one is very challenging and needs more work.

Download or read book AUV Localization in an Underwater Acoustic Positioning System written by Dugald Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis develops a Bayesian inversion algorithm for autonomous underwater vehicle localization, and carries out a study of several factors contributing to localization accuracy in an underwater acoustic positioning system. Specifically, a ray-based algorithm is described that estimates target position through the linearized inversion of transmission arrival time differences, and provides linearized uncertainty estimates for model parameters. Factors contributing to source localization uncertainty considered here included: (1) modelling transmission paths accounting for refraction due to a depth-varying SSP instead of using a constant sound-speed approximation and straight-line propagation, (2) inverting for a potential bias in the measured sound-speed profile, (3) accounting for errors in hydrophone position by including these positions as unknown parameters in the inversion, and (4) applying path-dependent timing correction factors to account for lateral variability in the sound-speed profile. In each case, nonlinear Monte Carlo analysis is applied in which a large number of noisy data sets are considered, to obtain statistical measures of the localization improvement that results by addressing these factors.

Download or read book Use of an Acoustic Network as an Underwater Positioning System written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underwater acoustic networks provide an interface between UUVs and surface or land-based control systems. By exploiting range data measured incidental to communications on these networks it is possible to perform underwater positioning similar to that of the satellite-based GPS program. In this thesis, several algorithms for generating position fixes from these range data are implemented, tested, and evaluated with synthetic data. The algorithms are then applied to data obtained during operations at sea.

Download or read book Underwater Acoustic Systems written by Rodney F. W. Coates and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series which is aimed primarily at a professional engineering or postgraduate student audience, this book concerns the basics of the propagation of sound in the sea, the problems of waveform analysis, underwater acoustic equipment and underwater acoustic communication.

Download or read book Development and Testing of an Acoustic Based Underwater Positioning System written by Douglas Palmer Bowlus and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Models Algorithms and Measurements for Underwater Acoustic Positioning written by Harold T. Vincent and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Applied Underwater Acoustics written by Thomas Neighbors and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applied Underwater Acoustics meets the needs of scientists and engineers working in underwater acoustics and graduate students solving problems in, and preparing theses on, topics in underwater acoustics. The book is structured to provide the basis for rapidly assimilating the essential underwater acoustic knowledge base for practical application to daily research and analysis. Each chapter of the book is self-supporting and focuses on a single topic and its relation to underwater acoustics. The chapters start with a brief description of the topic's physical background, necessary definitions, and a short description of the applications, along with a roadmap to the chapter. The subtopics covered within individual subchapters include most frequently used equations that describe the topic. Equations are not derived, rather, assumptions behind equations and limitations on the applications of each equation are emphasized. Figures, tables, and illustrations related to the sub-topic are presented in an easy-to-use manner, and examples on the use of the equations, including appropriate figures and tables are also included. - Provides a complete and up-to-date treatment of all major subjects of underwater acoustics - Presents chapters written by recognized experts in their individual field - Covers the fundamental knowledge scientists and engineers need to solve problems in underwater acoustics - Illuminates, in shorter sub-chapters, the modern applications of underwater acoustics that are described in worked examples - Demands no prior knowledge of underwater acoustics, and the physical principles and mathematics are designed to be readily understood by scientists, engineers, and graduate students of underwater acoustics - Includes a comprehensive list of literature references for each chapter

Download or read book The ROV Manual written by Robert D Christ and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ROV Manual: A User Guide for Observation-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles is the first manual to provide a basic ""How To"" for using small observation-class ROVs for surveying, inspection and research procedures. It serves as a user guide that offers complete training and information about ROV operations for technicians, underwater activities enthusiasts, and engineers working offshore. The book focuses on the observation-class ROV and underwater uses for industrial, recreational, commercial, and scientific studies. It provides information about marine robotics and navigation tools used to obtain mission results and data faster and more efficiently. This manual also covers two common denominators: the technology and its application. It introduces the basic technologies needed and their relationship to specific requirements; and it helps identify the equipment essential for a cost-effective and efficient operation. This user guide can be invaluable in marine research and surveying, crime investigations, harbor security, military and coast guarding, commercial boating, diving and fishing, nuclear energy and hydroelectric inspection, and ROV courses in marine and petroleum engineering.*The first book to focus on observation class ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) underwater deployment in real conditions for industrial, commercial, scientific and recreational tasks *A complete user guide to ROV operation with basic information on underwater robotics and navigation equipment to obtain mission results quickly and efficiently *Ideal for anyone involved with ROVs complete with self-learning questions and answers

Download or read book An Underwater Vehicle Navigation System Using Acoustic and Inertial Sensors written by Khalid M. Alzahrani and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) have become an essential tool for different underwater tasks. Compared with other unmanned systems, the navigation and localization for UUVs are particularly challenging due to the unavailability of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals underwater and the complexity of the unstable environment. Alternative methods such as acoustic positioning systems, Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), and the geophysical navigation approach are used for UUV navigation. Acoustic positioning systems utilize the characteristics of acoustic signals that have a lower absorption rate and a more extended propagation distance than electromagnetic signals underwater. The significant disadvantage of the INS is the "drift," the unbounded error growth over time in the outputs. This thesis is aimed to study and test a combined UUV navigation system that fuses measurements from the INS, Doppler Velocity Log (DVL), and Short Baseline (SBL) acoustic positioning system to reduce the drift. Two Kalman filters are used to do the fusion: the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) and the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF). After conducting the experiments and simulation, the results illustrated the INS/SBL fusion navigation approach was able to reduce the drift problems in the INS. Moreover, UKF showed a better performance than the EKF in the INS.

Download or read book Principles of GNSS Inertial and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems Second Edition written by Paul D. Groves and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly revised and greatly expanded edition of the popular Artech House book Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems offers you a current and comprehensive understanding of satellite navigation, inertial navigation, terrestrial radio navigation, dead reckoning, and environmental feature matching . It provides both an introduction to navigation systems and an in-depth treatment of INS/GNSS and multisensor integration. The second edition offers a wealth of added and updated material, including a brand new chapter on the principles of radio positioning and a chapter devoted to important applications in the field. Other updates include expanded treatments of map matching, image-based navigation, attitude determination, acoustic positioning, pedestrian navigation, advanced GNSS techniques, and several terrestrial and short-range radio positioning technologies .. The book shows you how satellite, inertial, and other navigation technologies work, and focuses on processing chains and error sources. In addition, you get a clear introduction to coordinate frames, multi-frame kinematics, Earth models, gravity, Kalman filtering, and nonlinear filtering. Providing solutions to common integration problems, the book describes and compares different integration architectures, and explains how to model different error sources. You get a broad and penetrating overview of current technology and are brought up to speed with the latest developments in the field, including context-dependent and cooperative positioning.

Download or read book The influence of fluctuations in acoustic travel time on locating the position of an underwater sound source written by Tor Knudsen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates the accuracy of an underwater acoustic positioning system in locating a sound source that transmits at unknown times in conditions in which the acoustic travel times between source and receivers fluctuate widely. The system uses three omnidirectional receivers. The accuracy of the system depends very much on the relative positions of these receivers. With well chosen relative receiver dispositions, the position of a sound source at 20 km range can be located within + or - 150 m, even with fluctuations in travel time of as high as + or - 100 ms.