Experimental verification of underwater noise localization based on cylindrical near-field acoustic holography
Near-field acoustic holography (NAH) is a technology that acquires sound pressure in the vicinity of the hull, which can be back-propagated to locate the hot-spot on the hull and forward-propagated to predict the far-field radiated noise of the vessel. With OROS Underwater Holography software, which is the only underwater NAH solution in the market, the use of NAH for noise localization and far-field prediction will be presented through the findings from an experimental study on a large scaled model. Considering the typical shape of underwater vehicles, cylindrical NAH is adopted to provide the highest accuracy. A partial circular array consisting of 25 RESON hydrophones is placed in the vicinity of the hull to measure sound pressure. A shaker excited at random is mounted in the hull to simulate a source, whose location is known. The acoustic maps generated from the experimental measurements show good correlation between the hot-spot location and the known source location, verifying the correctness and efficiency of NAH technology in naval applications.
Presented by:
Guillaume Cousin
Oros