Simplex based three-dimensional eigenray search for underwater predictions

A solution for the calculation of three-dimensional (3D) eigenrays based on Simplex optimization, implemented in a 3D Gaussian beam model, is investigated in this paper. The validation and performance of the solution were analyzed through comparisons against an equivalent (flat) two-dimensional wave...

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Autores: Calazan, Rogério de Moraes, Rodríguez, Orlando Camargo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Marinha do Brasil (MB)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Produção Científica da Marinha do Brasil (RI-MB)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.repositorio.mar.mil.br:ripcmb/844272
Acceso en línea:http://www.repositorio.mar.mil.br/handle/ripcmb/844272
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciência, tecnologia e inovação
Acústica Submarina
Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
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Sumario:A solution for the calculation of three-dimensional (3D) eigenrays based on Simplex optimization, implemented in a 3D Gaussian beam model, is investigated in this paper. The validation and performance of the solution were analyzed through comparisons against an equivalent (flat) two-dimensional waveguide, and against results of a tank scale experiment presented in Sturm and Korakas [(2013). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 133(1), 108–118], in which cross-slope propagation in a wedge waveguide with a mild slope was considered. It was found that the search strategy based on Simplex optimization was able to calculate efficiently and accurately 3D eigenrays, thus providing predictions of arrival patterns along cross-slope range, which replicated elaborate patterns of mode shadow zones, intra-mode interference, and mode arrivals. A remarkable aspect of the search strategy was its ability to provide accurate values of initial eigenray elevation and azimuth, within the accuracy defined for the eigenray to arrive at the location of a given hydrophone.