Localization of underwater tone noise sources by a small aperture circular array

Lingji Xu, Yixin Yang, Yongwei Wang, Hu Yang

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Abstract

Based on the joint information of space-time-frequency, a novel scheme is proposed for localizing the low-frequency tone noise sources of an underwater moving vehicle by using a small aperture circular array. First, the Doppler signals formed when the noise sources pass through the closest point of approach (CPA), are separated in time domain with superdirectivity beamforming. Thereafter, processing the LFM signals output from the narrow beam by pseudo Wigner-Ville distribution, the CPA times of the tone noise sources are estimated from time-frequency images of the noise signals. Finally, conversing time coordinate to space and using a reference source, the position of each low-frequency tone noise source on the underwater vehicle is identified. This scheme can be applied to the coherent acoustic sources. Simulation results validated the proposed scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMTS/IEEE OCEANS 2015 - Genova
Subtitle of host publicationDiscovering Sustainable Ocean Energy for a New World
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479987368
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Sep 2015
EventMTS/IEEE OCEANS 2015 - Genova - Genova, Italy
Duration: 18 May 201521 May 2015

Publication series

NameMTS/IEEE OCEANS 2015 - Genova: Discovering Sustainable Ocean Energy for a New World

Conference

ConferenceMTS/IEEE OCEANS 2015 - Genova
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityGenova
Period18/05/1521/05/15

Keywords

  • Doppler effect
  • localization of noise sources
  • superdirectivity beamforming
  • time-frequency analysis
  • underwater vehicle

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