Acoustic Systems Flashcards

1
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AN/AQS-22

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Dipping Sonar Set/ALFS

  1. Reeling Machine Control Panel (RMCU)
  2. Reeling Machine Interface Unit (RMIU)
  3. Sonar Transmitter/Receiver (ST/R)
  4. Reeling Machine and Cable Assembly
  5. Transducer Assembly (TA)
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2
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Acoustic System

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Sonar detecting ranging set (SDRS)

Acoustic Processor (AP)

Sonobuoy receiver subsystem

Acoustic Mission Planner

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3
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  1. Reel and Cable Assembly
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2550 feet of cable with cable limit sensors (5-8 wraps remaining) and dip cycle counter

Electrical interface for TA and ST/R

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4
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  1. Cable Reeling Machine
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Hydraulic hoist that raises and lowers TA via utility hyd system, driving the gear train assembly, which drives the cable and reel.

Equipped with:

  • auxiliary electric motor and auxiliary hydraulic control system.
  • Cable Cutter
  • Cable Angle sensors for AFCS and flight displays for hover mode
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5
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Cable Reeling Machine modes of operation

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  1. Automatic (remote) Hydraulic Mode
  2. Manual (RMCU) Hydraulic Mode
  3. Auxiliary Hydraulic Mode
  4. Auxiliary Electric Mode
  5. Auxiliary Hardware Electric Mode
  6. Hand Crank Mode
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6
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Raise Speed Limiter (RSL)

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Functions w/servo valve on hyd motor, ensures raise speed does not exceed threshold as it is raised toward the aircraft

  • Does not function during Aux Electric ince electic motor does not use hyd servo valve
  • Does not function during Aux Hyd because RMIU is bypassed (already limited)
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7
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Normal Hydraulic Operation

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Automatic (remote) and Manual (RMCU)

Full capabilities, full safety features

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8
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Auxiliary Hydraulic Mode

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Manually control servo valve, bypassing the RMIU and RMCu

Bypasses all safety interlocks, does not stop at trail or seat or lock the TA.

Limited to 6 ft/sec when TA is w/i 60 feet of the aircraft

Commonly used for correcting miswraps, reseating, or fault/failure

No ESD protect sequence

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9
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Auxiliary Electrical Mode

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Full Safety features

Normal or slow, raise only

115 Vac, 3 phase, 400 Hz power and signals from RMIU

If raised for 1000ft or deeper, cable should be retensioned w/normal hyd mode.

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10
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Auxiliary Hardware Electric Mode

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Bypasses all safety interlocks and RMIU

Controlled directly by RMCU

Normal speed only, 6ft/sec (actual is normally 8.2)

Last resort

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11
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Hand Crank Mode

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Maintenance purposes

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12
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  1. RMIU
A

Controls reeling machine functions (stops, speeds, folds, sensors), regulates smooth transitions, performs MBIT

No controls or indicators, interfaces with everything.

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13
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  1. RMCU
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Indicators and controls

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14
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  1. Transducer Assembly (TA)
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Transmits sonar pulse generated by ST/R and receive echo returns.

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15
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  1. Sonar Transmitter/Receiver (ST/R)
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Generates transmit pulse and provides interface between AP and other SDRS components

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16
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Dipping sonar operational states

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  1. Checkout State
  2. Sonar State
  3. Training State
17
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  1. Checkout State
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Assess operational readiness

  • Power-up Bit
  • Aircraft system commanded BIT
  • RMCU commanded BIT (MBIT lowers and raises TA 3 inches)
18
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Sonobuoy Receiver

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Transmits SB VHF uplink data to AP for display, AMC for audio, and data link for ship down link

  • Software Defined Sonobuoy Receiver (SDSR)
  • Sonobuoy Receiver Antenna
  • Pre-amplifier unity
19
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Software Defined Sonobuoy Receiver (SDSR)

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Reception of eight sonobuoy channels VHF/FM

20
Q

Sonobuoy Receive Antenna

A

Two operating modes

Ship Control- ASTAC
HELO Control - pilots/SO

Operator must detune existing sonobuoys to tune new ones if 8 channels are occupied (auto if BT buoy)

21
Q

BNM

A

Beam noise measurement

22
Q

AP beams/nulls

A

24 beams based on 12 staves

Up to two null point angles

Also null-steering toward continuously present interfering noice

23
Q

AN/SSQ-5F

CFS COMMANDS

A
  1. RF channel
  2. RF power (On/Off)
  3. Life
  4. Hydrophone (Standard DIFAR, shallow omni, or calibrated omni)
  5. Acoustic automatic gain control (AGC) (Fast/Slow/Off)
24
Q

AN/SSQ-62E

CFS COMMANDS

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  1. RF channel
  2. RF power (On/Off)
  3. Audio (ping) frequency
  4. Depth
25
Q

Passive Sonobuoy Signal Processing

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  1. LOFAR/DIFAR Omni
  2. DIFAR (Directional)
  3. DIFAR Steered Cardioid
  4. DIFAR Orthogonal Cardioid
  5. DIFAR Synthetic Omni
  6. DEMON (High or Low)
26
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LOFAR/DIFAR Omni

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spectrogram (gram) and automatic line integration (ALI) data for DIFAR

no bearing information

8 simultaneous channels

27
Q

DIFAR (DirectionaL)

A

gram/ALI/BVF on all 8 channels

28
Q

DIFAR Steered Cardioid

A

gram/ALI/BVF for a steered cardioid beam

  1. 77 dB gain
    - 10 dB response
29
Q

DIFAR Orthogonal Cardioid

A

gram/ALI/BVF multiple beams

5 ALI/gram one omni, N, S, E, W

  1. 77 dB gain in cardinal direction
  2. 4 dB gain 45 degrees off cardinal
30
Q

DIFAR Synthetic Omni

A

meant for VLAD

31
Q

DEMON

A

see NTRP 3-22.2

32
Q

Octave Bands

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No octaves
Full Band (Octaves 1-8)
Half Band (0-7)
Quarter Band (0-6)
Eighth Band (0-5)
33
Q

Passive processing bands

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Octave
Vernier
Constant Resolution

16 bands per processing option, each with 256 bins

34
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Vernier Bands

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Two Frequency Resolutions, V4 and V8.

Bin width is a function of vernier center frequency (octave)

256 CR frequency bins for BW of 1/4 of the octave for V4 and 1/2 for V8

35
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Constant Resolution Band

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Bin width fixed, constant resolution frequency

six available (CR4-CR9)

36
Q

Gram Rates

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1.25
2.5
5
10

Short for dynamic/transient signals
Long for history and stable frequencies