A new in-situ seabed acoustic measurement system is developed for direct in-situ measurement of sediment geoacoustic properties (compressional wave velocity and attenuation). The new in-situ system consists of two p...A new in-situ seabed acoustic measurement system is developed for direct in-situ measurement of sediment geoacoustic properties (compressional wave velocity and attenuation). The new in-situ system consists of two parts: the deck control unit and the underwater measurement unit. The underwater measurement unit emits sonic waves that propagate through the seafloor sediment, receives the returning signals, and transmits them to the deck control unit for waveform display and analysis. The entire operation is controlled and monitored in real time by the deck control unit on the research vessel and can provide recording of full waveforms to determine the sound velocity and attenuation. This paper outlines the design of the system, the measurement process, and demonstrates its application in tests carded out on seabed sediment off the Qingdao coast, China. The test results show that the system performed well and rapidly provided accurate in-situ acoustic velocity and attenuation estimates of the seafloor sediment.展开更多
In this paper,a reinforced gradient-type iterative learning control pro file is proposed by making use of system matrices and a proper learning step to improve the tracking performance of batch processes disturbed by ...In this paper,a reinforced gradient-type iterative learning control pro file is proposed by making use of system matrices and a proper learning step to improve the tracking performance of batch processes disturbed by external Gaussian white noise.The robustness is analyzed and the range of the step is speci fied by means of statistical technique and matrix theory.Compared with the conventional one,the proposed algorithm is more ef ficient to resist external noise.Numerical simulations of an injection molding process illustrate that the proposed scheme is feasible and effective.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Special Research Fund for Non-Profit Marine Sector(No.200905025)
文摘A new in-situ seabed acoustic measurement system is developed for direct in-situ measurement of sediment geoacoustic properties (compressional wave velocity and attenuation). The new in-situ system consists of two parts: the deck control unit and the underwater measurement unit. The underwater measurement unit emits sonic waves that propagate through the seafloor sediment, receives the returning signals, and transmits them to the deck control unit for waveform display and analysis. The entire operation is controlled and monitored in real time by the deck control unit on the research vessel and can provide recording of full waveforms to determine the sound velocity and attenuation. This paper outlines the design of the system, the measurement process, and demonstrates its application in tests carded out on seabed sediment off the Qingdao coast, China. The test results show that the system performed well and rapidly provided accurate in-situ acoustic velocity and attenuation estimates of the seafloor sediment.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(F010114-6097414061273135)
文摘In this paper,a reinforced gradient-type iterative learning control pro file is proposed by making use of system matrices and a proper learning step to improve the tracking performance of batch processes disturbed by external Gaussian white noise.The robustness is analyzed and the range of the step is speci fied by means of statistical technique and matrix theory.Compared with the conventional one,the proposed algorithm is more ef ficient to resist external noise.Numerical simulations of an injection molding process illustrate that the proposed scheme is feasible and effective.