<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new acoustic navigation system was developed to determine the position and speed of moving underwater objects such as divers and underwater vehicles. The path of an object and its speed were determined by the Doppler shifts of acoustic signals emitted by a transmitter placed on the object and received by four hydrophones installed at the periphery of the monitored body of water. The position and speed measurements were affected by errors mainly caused by acoustic reflections (returns) from the water body boundaries and surface reverberations. This paper discusses the source of the disturbances with the results of a simulation test and experimental measurements. It was demonstrated that the magnitude of the errors could be acceptable in most of the potential applications of the acoustic navigation system.</p></abstract>

A new acoustic navigation system was developed to determine the position and speed of moving underwater objects such as divers and underwater vehicles. The path of an object and its speed were determined by the Doppler shifts of acoustic signals emitted by a transmitter placed on the object and received by four hydrophones installed at the periphery of the monitored body of water. The position and speed measurements were affected by errors mainly caused by acoustic reflections (returns) from the water body boundaries and surface reverberations. This paper discusses the source of the disturbances with the results of a simulation test and experimental measurements. It was demonstrated that the magnitude of the errors could be acceptable in most of the potential applications of the acoustic navigation system.

Underwater Navigation System Based on Doppler Shift – Measurements and Error Estimations

Polish Maritime Research

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A new acoustic navigation system was developed to determine the position and speed of moving underwater objects such as divers and underwater vehicles. The...

Underwater Navigation System Based on Doppler Shift – Measurements and Error Estimations

Published Online: Apr 30, 2020

Page range: 180 - 187

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2020-0019

Keywords
underwater acoustics, navigation systems, Doppler shifts

© 2020 Zawisza Ostrowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Underwater Navigation System Based on Doppler Shift – Measurements and Error Estimations

Published Online: Apr 30, 2020

Page range: 180 - 187

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2020-0019

Keywordsunderwater acoustics, navigation systems, Doppler shifts

© 2020 Zawisza Ostrowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
underwater acoustics, navigation systems, Doppler shifts