An Introduction to Sonar Systems Engineering

Discusses linear, planar, and volume array theory; including near-field and far-field beam patterns, beam steering, and array focusing
Presents the twin-line planar array and a linear array of triplets which are solutions to the port/starboard (left/right) ambiguity problem associated with linear towed arrays
Explains the fundamentals of side-looking (side-scan) and synthetic-aperture sonars
Examines the signal design of CW, LFM, and HFM pulses for range and Doppler estimation
Explains the fundamentals of underwater acoustic communication signals such as MFSK, MQAM, and OFDM signals
Discusses bistatic scattering for moving platforms with derivations of exact solutions for the time delay, time-compression/time-expansion factor, and Doppler shift at a receiver for both the scattered and direct acoustic paths
Discusses target detection in the presence of reverberation and noise