An Improved Subsequent Burial Instrumented Mine
Abstract
Detection of buried mines using conventional sonars is difficult, especially in complex coastal environments, which complicates naval tactical decisions such as whether to hunt, sweep, or avoid a mined area. The U.S. Navy is therefore supporting research to develop and validate stochastic, time-dependent, mine burial prediction models. This research requires continuous monitoring of both mine behavior during burial and the near-Held processes responsible for burial. Modes of burial are generally separated into two broad categories: impact burial and subsequent burial (scour and fill, creep, liquefaction, and bedform modification). Omni Technologies, Inc. (OTI) and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed instrumented mines that measure both subsequent mine burial behavior and the processes that initiate and effect burial. In this paper we describe new instrumented mines, including acoustic sensors used to measure burial and sensors used to measure mine orientation, azimuth and movement. Sensors and methods used to measure characteristics of surface gravity waves, direction and magnitude of bottom currents, turbulent flow near the mine, initiation of bedload motion, and sediment size and concentration in the water column are also described.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 31, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA408365
Entities
People
- Cuong Tran
- Francis Grosz Jr
- John Bradley
- Maurice Thiele
- Sean Griffin