사이드 스캔 소-나 시스템을 이용하여 태안반도 부근 신두리 해역에서 해저면 음향영상 자료를 획득하였다. 후방산란 음향강도와 해저퇴적물의 물성에 대한 상호관계를 연구하였다. 그리고 위의 두 자료 모두 해저수심과 각각 비교해석 하였다. 해저퇴적물의 물성 대부분은 음향강도와 좋은 상관관계를 보이고 있지만, 퇴적물의 분포양상은 암반노출지역을 제외하고는 해저면 음향영상과 정확하게 일치하지는 않았다. 해저수심은 해저면 음향영상의 분포형태에 영향을 미치고 있었을 뿐만 아니라, 해저퇴적물의 물성 분포에서도 선형적인 관계를 보이고 있었다.

This study is aimed to predict the configuration and tension of a towing cable of a side-scan sonar which plays an important role in developing ocean resources. The governing equations of 3-D static equilibrium equations for a flexible cable are derived and solved using a finite difference method. The forces considered in this paper are effective weights, drag forces due to currents and ship moving, and the tension at both ends of the towing cable. The governing equations are non-linear, so an iteration method is applied to solve the equation. A case study is carried out for several different conditions. The result will be useful for predicting the location of a side-scan sonar and to design the towing system.

Side scanning sonar (SSS) provides valuable information for robot navigation. However using the side scanning sonar images in the navigation was not fully studied. In this paper, we use range data, and side scanning sonar images from UnderWater Simulator (UWSim) and propose measurement models in a feature based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) framework. The range data is obtained by echosounder and sidescanning sonar images from side scan sonar module for UWSim. For the feature, we used the A-KAZE feature for the SSS image matching and adjusting the relative robot pose by SSS bundle adjustment (BA) with Ceres solver. We use BA for the loop closure constraint of pose-graph SLAM. We used the Incremental Smoothing and Mapping (iSAM) to optimize the graph. The optimized trajectory was compared against the dead reckoning (DR).