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Underwater radiated noise from hydrofoils in coastal water

Underwater radiated noise from hydrofoils in coastal water
Underwater radiated noise from hydrofoils in coastal water
Underwater noise from commercial shipping throughout the oceans has been increasing over the past decades and the environmental impact of this noise remains an area of great uncertainty. This has led to the measurement of noise from commercial vessels in order to understand the impacts that they may engender. Hydrofoils are used by ferries in various locations around the world and locally may be a significant contributing factor of the soundscape . However, the investigation on underwater radiated noise from the activity of hydrofoils in the field has not been widely conducted. This article is an attempt to characterize the noise from hydrofoils in the field. Detailed measurements in the coastal water close to the Panarea port, Italy are reported. The investigation describes the broadband frequency spectrum with the main energy approximately centered on 30-130Hz but covering frequencies up to tens of kHz. A key result was that the spectrum of the noise varied between the three stages (displacement, transition, and foiling) of the hydrofoils heading into or out of the port.
Underwater acoustics, hydrofoil noise, coastal water, non-conventional vessel
0001-4966
3552-3561
Li, Jianghui
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White, Paul
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Roche, Ben
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Davis, John
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Davis, John
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Leighton, Timothy
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Li, Jianghui, White, Paul, Roche, Ben, Davis, John and Leighton, Timothy (2019) Underwater radiated noise from hydrofoils in coastal water. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146 (5), 3552-3561, [3552]. (doi:10.1121/1.5134779).

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Underwater noise from commercial shipping throughout the oceans has been increasing over the past decades and the environmental impact of this noise remains an area of great uncertainty. This has led to the measurement of noise from commercial vessels in order to understand the impacts that they may engender. Hydrofoils are used by ferries in various locations around the world and locally may be a significant contributing factor of the soundscape . However, the investigation on underwater radiated noise from the activity of hydrofoils in the field has not been widely conducted. This article is an attempt to characterize the noise from hydrofoils in the field. Detailed measurements in the coastal water close to the Panarea port, Italy are reported. The investigation describes the broadband frequency spectrum with the main energy approximately centered on 30-130Hz but covering frequencies up to tens of kHz. A key result was that the spectrum of the noise varied between the three stages (displacement, transition, and foiling) of the hydrofoils heading into or out of the port.

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Accepted/In Press date: 31 October 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 November 2019
Keywords: Underwater acoustics, hydrofoil noise, coastal water, non-conventional vessel

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Local EPrints ID: 435503
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/435503
ISSN: 0001-4966
PURE UUID: 79ae51eb-f830-4c15-a1d5-b9206d7829ca
ORCID for Jianghui Li: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2956-5940
ORCID for Paul White: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4787-8713
ORCID for Timothy Leighton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1649-8750

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Date deposited: 08 Nov 2019 17:30
Last modified: 12 Jul 2024 04:05

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Author: Jianghui Li ORCID iD
Author: Paul White ORCID iD
Author: Ben Roche
Author: John Davis

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