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Project Number 30
Date of Summary December 31, 1983
Subject Acoustic Imaging Technology for Underwater Inspection
Performing Activity Naval Ocean Systems Center
Principal Investigator Dr. Albert Gordon
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The objective was to perform an investigation of underwater acoustic imaging techniques for the inspection of structures and pipelines.
Progress Complete. This study evaluated an acoustic imaging system which was designed and fabricated by the Navy, but never tested. At very low power, this system produced images of structural shapes underwater. The system was in deteriorated condition. Because of the time and costs required to rebuild it for testing at the designed power levels other means for imaging in turbid waters are being sought.
Reports
AA (16 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Carey, E. W., Ozimina, C. D., Offshore Oil Platform Inspection, A Study and Evaluation of a Scanning Beam Sonar, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1984.
AB (26 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Carey, E. W., Ozimina, C. D., Offshore Oil Platform Inspection, A Study and Evaluation of a Scanning Beam Sonar, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1984.
 

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