Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Beaujean, Pierre-Philippe
Abstract
A computer-efficient model of the underwater acoustic propagation m a shallow, three-dimensional duct closed at one end has been developed using the method of images. Presented in this research is the development of this three-dimensional method of images analysis for a rectangular duct. Using this analysis, a model of the impulse response of the acoustic channel is constructed. Also presented in this work is the actual impulse response collected during field experimentation in the south turning basin of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The results demonstrate that the impulse response is modeled with a relative echo magnitude error of 1.62 dB at worst, and a relative echo location error varying between 0% and 4% when averaged across multiple measurements and sensor locations.
Extent
105 p.
Recommended Citation
Staska, Matthew D., "A Study of the Underwater Acoustic Propagation in a Turning Basin Modeled as a Three-Dimensional Duct Closed at One End Using the Method of Images" (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1198.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1198
Identifier
FA00012557
Comments
College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science