Submarine position detection method based on extreme points of gravity gradients

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11662500-B2
Application number	US-202017017526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2020
Priority date	Feb 25, 2020
Publication date	May 30, 2023
Grant date	May 30, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a submarine position detection method based on extreme points of gravity gradients. A space rectangular coordinate system is established by taking a centroid of the middle cylindrical portion as a coordinate origin, a direction pointing to a bow is taken as a forward direction of the X axis, a direction pointing to a port is taken as a forward direction of the Y direction, and a vertical upward direction is taken as a forward direction of the Z axis. The detection method includes steps of: determining a horizontal position of a submarine, i.e., coordinates (X, Y), according to a position of a central extreme point and a central position between extreme points of non-diagonal components of a gradient tensor; and determining a functional relation between a depth and the extreme points of gravity gradients by using the submarine model.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining a horizontal position coordinates (X, Y) of a submarine according to a position of a central extreme point and a central position between extreme points of non-diagonal components of a gradient tensor, the coordinates (X, Y) being in a space rectangular coordinate system established using a submarine model,
wherein the submarine model comprises a hemispherical head ( 1 ), a middle cylindrical portion ( 4 ), a conical tail ( 3 ) and an internal cylindrical pressure-resistant cabin ( 2 ), and
wherein the space rectangular coordinate system is established by taking a centroid of the middle cylindrical portion ( 4 ) as a coordinate origin, with a direction pointing to a bow of the submarine model as a forward direction of an X axis, a direction pointing to a port of the submarine model as a forward direction of a Y direction, and a vertical upward direction as a forward direction of a Z axis;

determining a functional relation between a depth and extreme points of gravity gradient by using the submarine model, the gravity gradient generated by the submarine;
deducing a depth of the submarine according to the extreme point of gravity gradient, and transferring to a corresponding coordinate system to obtain Z; and
obtaining a position (X, Y, Z) of the submarine based on the coordinates (X, Y) and the depth of the submarine.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gravity gradient generated by the submarine is divided into a first part and a second part, the first part is gravity gradients generated by a submarine shell, and the second part is a gravity gradient generated by a mass defect caused by the internal cylindrical pressure-resistant cabin ( 2 ) of the submarine.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein as the depth of the submarine changes, horizontal coordinates of an extreme point of each gravity gradient component at a specific altitude change.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein coordinates of extreme points with a vertical distance from the submarine to an observation point being 100-1000 m are calculated.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein solution is performed by jointly using a plurality of extreme points of gradient components.

Assignees

• Univ China Geosciences Beijing

Inventors

• Wan Xiaoyun
• Zeng Xianghang

Classifications

• G01V7/00 Primary

  Measuring gravitational fields or waves; Gravimetric prospecting or detecting · CPC title

• G01V7/06 Primary

  Analysis or interpretation of gravimetric records · CPC title

• G01V7/16 Primary

  specially adapted for use on moving platforms, e.g. ship, aircraft · CPC title

• G08G3/00

  Traffic control systems for marine craft (marking of navigational route B63B22/16, B63B51/00) · CPC title

• G01V7/02

  Details · CPC title