CONTINUOUS-TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY-MODULATED SONAR RANGE AND RANGE-RATE EQUATIONS.

Abstract

Range and range-rate equations are developed for CTFM sonar. Consideration is given to the exact round-trip distance traveled by the sonar signal and to the doppler effect. Approximate equations are developed for range rates of -40 knots with typical range errors of 0.1, 5.49, and 90.87 percent and typical range-rate errors of 0.22 and 7.44 percent. Partial derivatives are taken of the approximate equations. Figures show range parameters, range as a function of the difference (audio) frequency for two range scales and various range rates (using the exact range equation), and the percentage of error in range and range rate as a function of their variables. Computer-generated solutions of the derived range equation are included in an appendix. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1965
Accession Number
AD0479666

Entities

People

  • L. A. Smothers

Organizations

  • Navy Electronics Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Doppler Effect
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Sonar Ranging
  • Sonar Signals

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Radar Systems Engineering.