A directional spectrum evolution model for ship noise

A radiation transport equation that describes the spatiotemporal evolution of the directional spectrum of underwater acoustic noise is presented and applied to ship noise. A ray-based algorithm is used to solve the transport equation and numerically simulate the evolution of the directional noise sp...

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Published inThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol. 153; no. 6; pp. 3469 - 3481
Main Author Brown, Michael G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2023
Subjects
Acoustics
Algorithms
Anisotropy
Ships
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ISSN0001-4966
1520-8524
1520-8524
DOI10.1121/10.0019851

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Summary:A radiation transport equation that describes the spatiotemporal evolution of the directional spectrum of underwater acoustic noise is presented and applied to ship noise. A ray-based algorithm is used to solve the transport equation and numerically simulate the evolution of the directional noise spectrum produced by a passing ship. The model described accounts for the transient and highly episodic nature of shipping noise, the strong anisotropy of the radiated shipping noise, the directional dependence of the resulting acoustic field, and the critical angle dependence of bottom-reflected energy. The model predicts time histories of sound pressure level and directional spectral energy density at distant locations if the ship track and the ship's radiated noise power are known. Simulations are shown to be in qualitatively good agreement with observations.
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ISSN:0001-4966
1520-8524
1520-8524
DOI:10.1121/10.0019851