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EurOCEAN 2000 - Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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Orientation<br />

The electrical field approach can’t be used for orientation application, due to the large non<br />

uniformity of the generated field. This system uses an acoustic field generated from the ship.<br />

The feasibility of this application has been established, and the <strong>de</strong>velopments are now focused<br />

on the portability and real time aspects of the system.<br />

RESULTS<br />

The intercommunication main results are summarised in the following table. The simulations<br />

are realised with the finite element software FLUX-EXPERT ® , distributed by the company<br />

SIMULOG [8]. The experiments have been realised on Mediterranean sea and Leman lake.<br />

PARAMETER STUDY TYPE MAIN RESULT<br />

Frequency EXPERIMENTS 50% losses at 50 kHz<br />

Electrical water<br />

conductivity<br />

596<br />

SIMULATION - Water resistivity enables to generate strong electrical<br />

potential difference with low power consumption<br />

Shallow water SIMULATION - Strong ranging attenuation<br />

EMITTING<br />

ELECTRODE<br />

S<br />

Surface SIMULATION<br />

EXPERIMENTS<br />

- Enhancement of ranging/power ratio<br />

- Establishment of minimum surface<br />

Radius SIMULATION - Enhancement of ranging/power ratio<br />

Spacing SIMULATION<br />

Geometry<br />

(confi<strong>de</strong>ntial)<br />

EXPERIMENTS<br />

EXPERIMENTS<br />

SIMULATION<br />

- Enhancement of ranging/power ratio<br />

- Enhancement of ranging/power ratio<br />

Axis orientation SIMULATION ≈ same or<strong>de</strong>r field in both radial & axial directions<br />

RECEIVING<br />

ELECTRODE<br />

S<br />

Choice of vertical position for practical reasons<br />

Axis orientation SIMULATION 30 dB saving with reception // to emission

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