History Of Russian Underwater Acoustics

by Oleg A Godin, David R Palmer

Overview

This book describes, using first-person accounts, the history of the development in the Soviet Union and, later, in Russia of an extremely important technical field and how that history was influenced by WWI, WWII, and the Cold War, by government bureaucracy, in both positive and negative ways, by the economic collapse of the Soviet Union, and most importantly, by the dedicated efforts of vast numbers of individuals, including some of the greatest scientific minds of the 20th century. It will make fascinating reading for engineers and scientists who were engaged in similar work in the West, for historians of the Cold War and of the Soviet Union, and for present day researchers who need to learn about Russian scientific contributions.Because of its importance to national security, much of the research and development effort in underwater acoustics was classified during the Cold War, both in the Soviet Union and the United States. This book presents the first declassified accounts of the development of numerous hydroacoustic systems by individuals having first-hand knowledge of the development efforts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789812568250
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/05/2008
Pages:	1232
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.90(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the English Edition     v
Preface to the Russian Version: A Word to the Reader     ix
Introduction: Underwater Acoustics and the Ocean     1
Hydroacoustics: What is it?   M. V. Zhurkovich     3
Listening to the Great Unknown: The Ocean   L. M. Brekhovskikh     7
Hydroacoustics in Russia from the 19th Century to the Present Time     17
A Brief History of Russian Hydroacoustics   Ya. S. Karlik   V. A. Semendyaev   Yu. F. Tarasyuk     19
The Physics of Underwater Sound     69
The Development of Sound Propagation Theory in the USSR and in Russia   V. V. Goncharov     71
Soviet and Russian Studies of Underwater Sound Scattering and Acoustic Signal Fluctuations   E. P. Gulin   Yu. P. Lysanov     121
Russian Investigations of Ocean Noise   B. F. Kuryanov     197
Laying the Scientific and Practical Foundation for Home Hydroacoustics     235
Vodtranspribor - The Alma Mater of Engineering of Home Hydroacoustic Instrument   V. A. Bersenev   B. Ya. Golubchik     237
The Morfizpribor Central Research Institute (CRI) and Its Role in the Development of Home Hydroacoustics   Yu. A. Koryakin   A. I. Shamparov   G. V. Yakovlev     287
Development of Investigations in Hydroacoustics at the Acad. N. N. Andreyev Institute of Acoustics   N. A. Dubrovsky   V. I. Mazepov     303
The History of Creation and the Work of the Sukhumi Marine Research Station of ACIN RAS   Yu. M. Sukharevsky     354
Development of Some Topics in Hydroacoustics at the Acad. A. N. Krylov CRI   B. P. Grigoryev   V. S. Ivanov   V. A. Kolyshnitsyn   V. M. Platonov   V. N. Romanov   A. V. Smolyakov   V. Ye. Yakovlev     373
SRI Atoll and its Role in the Creation of Stationary Hydroacoustic Facilities for Submarine Surveillance   L. Sh. Gumerov     400
The P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology: Its Place and Role in Home Hydroacoustics   I. I. Tynyankin     411
The Laboratory of Acoustic Wave Propagation of the P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology   V. M. Kurtepov     418
Hydroacoustics Development at the Institutes of Nizhny Novgorod   V. A. Zverev     429
A Brief Overview of Hydroacoustic Investigations at Research Institutions of the Sakhalin   Yu. S. Shumilov     444
Overview of Hydroacoustic Investigations Conducted by Research Organizations of the Kamchatka   A. D. Konson   G. Ye. Smirnov   Yu. S. Shumilov      448
Submarine Hydroacoustic Equipment     453
Hydroacoustic Systems for Submarines of the Pre-World War II and First Post-War Generations   V. E. Zelyakh     455
The Sonar System Kerch: The History of its Creation   B. Ya. Golubchik     471
The Birth of Rubin   Yu. A. Mikhailov     484
Remembering Yenisei   V. B. Idin     494
About the Sonar Rubikon   Yu. A. Mikhailov     502
Third Generation of Acoustic Systems for Submarines: The Sonar System Skat   M. V. Zhurkovich   V. E. Zelyakh   V. B. Idin   I. N. Dynin     508
Creation of the Sonar System Skat-3   V. A. Kakalov     536
Creation of First Domestic Classification Systems for Submarine Sonar Systems   Yu. S. Perelmuter     545
Equipment for Sound Signal Detection (SSD)   I. M. Strelkov     557
Sonar Systems for Surface Ships     567
Development of Surface Ship Sonar Systems for Submarine Detection   Z. A. Yeremina   V. G. Solovyev   I. S. Shkolnikov   A. D. Yakovlev     569
History of Development of Sonar Systems Production at the Taganrog Priboy Plant   N. N. Borisenko     590
Stationary Sonar Systems      599
Stationary and Self-contained Sonars for Submarine Detection   L. B. Karlov   Ya. S. Karlik     601
The History of the Development of the Volkhov Land-Based Sonar   V. N. Kanareykin   E. V. Yakovlev     609
The History of the Development of the Liman Land-Based Sonar System   G. I. Afrutkin   V. S. Kasatkin     614
The Liman M Infrasonic Stationary Sonar   G. I. Afrutkin     623
The Amur Land-Based Passive Sonar   E. V. Batanogov   L. B. Karlov     628
The Birth of the Agam Sonar   V. V. Demyanovich     637
The Beginning of the Development of the Dnestr Sonar System   B. I. Lashkov     668
The Dnestr - A Breakthrough in Early Sonar Detection   R. Kh. Balyan     677
The Story of the Participation of the Lazurit CDB in the Development of Array Systems for Stationary Sonars   G. V. Vityugov   Yu. K. Druzhinin   N. I. Kvasha     683
Specialized Hydroacoustic Systems     691
Sonars for Anchored Mines   V. E. Zelyakh     693
Krab: A Fuse for Acoustic Mines   Z. N. Umikov     713
Hydroacoustic Navigation and Positioning Aids with Transponder Beacons and Emergency Signal Sources   Yu. A. Nikolayenko      722
From the History of the Engineering of Domestic Echo Sounding Equipment   I. M. Korotkin   P. M. Nefedov   Yu. M. Tarasyuk   L. S. Filimonov     729
From the History of the Creation of Domestic Echo Sounders   Yu. F. Tarasyuk   L. S. Filimonov     737
On the History of the Creation of Domestic Hydroacoustic Communication Systems (Designer's Notes)   V. Z. Krants     742
On Search and Survey Sonars   A. V. Bogorodsky     773
Domestic Hydroacoustic Sound Speed Meters   V. A. Komlyakov     784
Hydroacoustic Doppler Logs   A. G. Zatsepin     801
Sonar Countermeasures and Deception Aids   A. O. Markovsky     807
Aspects of the History of Passive Hydroacoustic Systems with Emphasis on Adaptive Processing   V. I. Klyachkin   Yu. P. Podgaisky     813
Sonar Arrays     831
The Types of Sonar Arrays and the Stages of Their Development   A. A. Shabrov     833
Results are Born in Research   V. I. Klyachkin     842
On the Basic Themes in Submarine Bow Sonar Array Development   M. D. Smaryshev     857
A History of Creation of Towed, Flexible, Extended Arrays   V. I. Pozern      867
The History of the Stepped Array   G. Kh. Golubeva     880
About Parametric Arrays   D. B. Ostrovsky     886
A Nostalgia for Domes   V. T. Malyarova   Ye. L. Shenderov     924
Sonar Array Screens   V. Ye. Glazanov     931
Piezoactive Materials in Hydroacoustics   I. A. Serova     941
Notes on the Development Over the Last 35 Years of Methods for the Manufacture of Piezoelectric Transducers   M. K. Busher     961
Some Thoughts on the Strength of Sonar Equipment   V. I. Kirillov   Yu. P. Mezhevitinov     974
About the Acoustics Department of the Vodtranspribor Plant   D. I. Kalyaeva   L. D. Stepanov     982
The History of Development of Hydroacoustic Measurements at the CRI Morfizpribor   N. N. Fedorov   R. I. Eikhfeld     987
The Role of the Radio Engineering Department and the Naval RI in the Creation of Hydroacoustic Equipment     1009
The Naval Radio Engineering Department and Development of Hydroacoustics   A. I. Barantsev   G. N. Korolkov     1011
The Naval Research Institute of Radio Electronics and its Role in Home Hydroacoustics Development   A. A. Baranenko     1020
The Contribution of Researchers and Specialists of the Naval Institutes to the Creation of Submarine Hydroacoustic Systems   K. P. Luginets     1024
The Contribution of Researchers and Specialists of the Naval RIE to Solving Problems of Target Classification   A. I. Mashoshin     1033
Contribution of Hydroacoustics Researchers of Naval RIE to Experimental Investigation of the World's Oceans   V. N. Matvienko     1037
Hydroacoustic Investigations Carried out by the State Research Institute of Navigation and Hydrography of the RF Defense Ministry   P.S. Volosov   A. V. Fedotov     1046
The Work of the Military Agency at CRI Morfizpribor   L. B. Karlov   I. A. Yakovlev     1054
Organization of Hydroacoustic Equipment Development     1063
The 10th Main Department of the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry of the USSR: Its Role and Place in the Development of Home Hydroacoustics   N. N. Sviridov   B. I. Trushchelev     1065
Training of Hydroacoustics Engineering and Research Personnel     1071
The Department of Electroacoustics and Ultrasonic Engineering at SPb SEU (LETI) and its Role in the Development of the Acoustic Instrument Industry   S. K. Pavros   Ye. D. Pigulevsky     1073
The Branch Department of LETI at CRI Morfizpribor and its Role in Training Hydroacoustics Specialists   M. D. Smaryshev      1078
The Training of Engineers and Researchers in Applied Hydroacoustics at the N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy   V. B. Mit'ko     1083
The Chair of Acoustics at Moscow State University and Its Role in Training Hydroacoustics Specialists and the Development of the Vector-Phase Method for Acoustic Field Research   V. A. Gordienko     1096
Training of Engineering and Research Personnel in Applied Hydroacoustics at the Marine Technical University   K. I. Rogozhnikov   G. M. Sverdlin     1118
The History of Development of the Chair of Hydroacoustic Equipment at the A. S. Popov Naval School of Electronic Engineering   V. A. Bledny   I. S. Zakharov   N. A. Ivanov     1129
The Training of Specialists and Hydroacoustic Research at the Naval School of Underwater Navigation (NSUN)   V. V. Rotin     1137
The History of Teaching the Fundamentals of Hydroacoustics and Hydroacoustic Equipment at the M. V. Frunze Naval School   A. V. Lavrentyev   A. S. Pravodelov   V. V. Samsonov     1141
Veterans Remember     1145
Russia's First Hydroacoustic Laboratory: The Forging of Specialists for the Industry   M. V. Zhurkovich   Z. N. Umikov     1147
Project SIGAK: The First Use of the Underwater Sound Channel in Support of Navy Needs   V. B. Idin     1160
Our Help to the People's Republic of China with Developing Hydroacoustic Equipment   V. N. Kanareykin   A. N. Maksimov     1166
Neptune's Underwater World through the Eyes of a Chief Designer   Ya. S. Karlik     1173
Northern Fleet Training with the Participation of the Naval Institute of Electronics and CRI Morfizpribor   L. B. Karlov     1179
Military Application of Hydroacoustics: The First Non-Periscope Attacks by Soviet Submariners   V. F. Martynyuk   Yu. F. Tarasyuk   L. S. Filimonov     1187
Dolphins and Humans   N. A. Dubrovsky     1193