Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Introduction to Sonar applications, Units, Sonar Equations and their limitations, Propagation of sound, Transmission loss, Ambient Noise, Spatial Correlation, Directivity Index, Array Gain, Beam-patterns, Projector Source level, Reverberation, Scattering by targets, echo formation, Radiated Noise and Self Noise, Transmission and Reception modes, Dynamic Range Compression and Normalisation, Receiver Beamforming techniques, Sidelobe nulling, Detection Performance issues, Performance prediction, Sonar System Design examples.