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Development of a 2-degree-of-freedom transverse line source for a seismo-acoustic SONAR

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Wang, Shu-Kang.
Date
2005-12
Advisor
Baker, Steven R.
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This thesis describes the beach field-testing of a 2-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) transverse line Rayleigh wave source for use in a seismo-acoustic SONAR for buried mine detection. The source is composed of six identical modules, each composed of two radial and two vertical inertial mass shakers, all mounted to a common base plate. The vertical and horizontal excitation of each module is independent. Electrically, the six modules are organized into three independent sets of two. The length of the source is 46 inches (1.17m), the width 6 inches (0.15m) and the weight 126 pounds (562N). Field tests were conducted using a 5-cycle, (smooth-)amplitude-modulated transient excitation signal. Based on past and present experience that the Rayleigh wave speed at the beach test site is approximately 90 m/s, a carrier frequency of 100 Hz was employed, producing a Rayleigh wavelength and surface penetration depth of approximately 1 m (approximately equal to the source aperture length), which is appropriate for the intended application. The source radiation directional characteristics were investigated for various relative amplitudes and phases of vertical and horizontal shaker excitation. A null result was obtained, that is, no unambiguous evidence of directivity was observed in any of the experiments conducted using this source. These included measurements wherein the source modules were removed from the common base plate and emplaced on the sand. The reason for this result is unknown, but it is suspected that a good possibility is that the beach sand medium just below its surface, whereupon the present source and receivers were deployed, is not homogeneous enough to support coherent spatial beamforming. Based upon the past success of a 4-element end-fire line array in producing directional Rayleigh wave radiation (10-15 dB front-to-back rejection), it is suggested that, if such a source can be made mobile, it may well be the best source candidate for a seismo-acoustic SONAR for buried mine detection.
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