DocumentCode
2949594
Title
Maritime anti-stranding sonar system
Author
Backman, W.R. ; Clifford, P.J. ; Conover, G.
Author_Institution
Raytheon Co., Submarine Signal Division
fYear
1972
fDate
13-15 Sept. 1972
Firstpage
456
Lastpage
461
Abstract
This paper describes a prototype antistranding sonar system developed in a joint program by Raytheon and the Office of Research and Development of the Maritime Administration. The system displays ranges to both discrete underwater obstacles and shoaling conditions in a ship´s path. The theory of operation, hardware developed and the results of initial R & D experiments are presented and discussed,
Keywords
Acoustic propagation; Bars; Bridges; Cathode ray tubes; Displays; Marine animals; Marine vehicles; Monitoring; Sonar detection; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in the Ocean Environment, Ocean 72 - IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Newport, RI, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1972.1161172
Filename
1161172
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