Acoustics gondola for improved sensor performance aboard R/V Roger Revelle (AGOR 24)
Abstract
We propose to procure and install an under-hull acoustics gondola aboard the ONR-owned Global Class research vessel Roger Revelle (AGOR 24) that will significantly improve the vessel~s acoustic capabilities. Gondolas have been shown to be effective in improving onar performance by increasing signal-to-noise response through the reduction of acoustic noise and the elimination of bubble sweep over transducer faces. The proposed gondola will be an engineered, hydrodynamic metal housing that will contain all the vessel~s scientific transducers. As such, it will necessarily be large, and will be permanently suspended beneath the main hull along the vessel~s centerline, and involve significant structural modification to the ship~s hull.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 07, 2019
- Source ID
- N000141912116
Entities
People
- Bruce Appelgate
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego