美国数学建模竞赛特等奖论文——1996 A O Gone Fishin【数学建模】.pdfVIP

Gone Fishin’ 207 Gone Fishin’ Douglas Martin Robert A. Moody Woon (Larry) Wong Pomona College Claremont, CA 91711 Advisor: Ami Radunskaya Abstract We develop a method to measure the ambient field, using directional trans- ducers and programmable electronic delay circuitry, so that we can determine the ambient sound pressure for a given cell in three-dimensional space. We discuss the expected observations from the interaction of the target object and the ambient field, and the associated limitations of our method. We conducted a simple experiment that verified that our approach worked in an anechoic environment (outdoors), and we argue that the results should generalize to the underwater environment. We show how our method produces data sufficient to reconstruct object size, position, and velocity, and we present the algorithms required to accomplish this reconstruction. We discuss the advantages and problems associated with various reference frequencies, and methods to optimize the technique. Finally, we present a model of the anticipated characteristic performance of our method. Ambient Sounds (All of the background information in this section comes from Naval Sea Systems Command [1984].) Ambient noise in the ocean can be classified into background or continuous noise, which is present for extended durations of time, and intermittent sounds or noises generated at random intervals for essentially random durations. The background is comprised primarily of wind-based noises, noises from commercial shipping, and other similar human-made sources. Some seismic noise is present, particularly at lower frequencies. Intermittent noises can be further divided into biological and nonbiological. Multi-watt whale sounds range from low-frequency moans to high frequency clicks and have a frequency range of at least 2 Hz–60 kHz. Intermitten