A submarine on patrol needs to know how far it can be detected by active sonar. In order for such sonar performance calculations to be useful the target strength (TS) of the submarine must be known. Measurements done in deep water indicate that TS can vary as much as 20 dB as a function of aspect angle. This corresponds to a doubling of the detection distance in a noise limited environment, and...

This article presents the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) as one of most suitable technique used to reduce impact on environment during submarine pipe and cable installation process, especially in coastal area shallow waters. HDD is a drill subsea tunnel or under other designated with goal pull facility through drilled underground tunnel. With development offshore natural gas wind industr...

Channel systems at the distal limits of submarine fans show variability in channel size and bifurcation patterns. This information is useful in constraining channel properties in static reservoir models, e.g. the mean and range of values typical for channel dimensions, sinuosity, and branching angles. Criteria were evaluated that might help discriminate between deltas and submarine fans based o...

Oceanic forcing of the Greenland Ice Sheet is believed to promote widespread thinning at tidewater glaciers, with submarine melting proposed as a potential trigger of increased glacier calving, retreat, and subsequent acceleration. The precise mechanism(s) driving glacier instability, however, remain poorly understood, and while increasing evidence points to the importance of submarine melting,...

The mystacial vibrissae of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) constitute a highly sensitive hydrodynamic receptor system enabling the seals to detect and follow hydrodynamic trails. In the wild, hydrodynamic trails, as generated by swimming fish, consist of cyclic burst-and-glide phases, associated with various differences in the physical parameters of the trail. Here, we investigated the impact of...

An experiment featuring waterhammer in viscoelastic pipes is presented in which the effects of pipe-wall viscoelasticity on waterhammer pressures are investigated. A large-scale pipeline apparatus made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at Deltares, Delft, The Netherlands, has been used to carry out waterhammer experiments. Tests have been conducted in a reservoir-pipeline-valve system consisting of a...

Free spans or suspended spans normally occur in subsea pipelines due to the irregularity of seabed and byscouring phenomena around the installed non-buried pipeline. The hydrodynamic around the pipeline canlead to a vibration of the pipeline.This kind of vibration may cause fatigue damage to the pipeline. In orderto study the hydrodynamic around the pipeline, calculating the natural frequency o...

A fracture mechanics-based fatigue reliability analysis of a submarine pipeline is investigated using the Bayesian approach. The proposed framework enables estimation level pipelines based on limited experimental data. updating method and Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation are used to estimate posterior distribution parameters model regarding different sources uncertainties. Failure load cycle...

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are increasingly being used in missions involving submarine cable detection, archaeology, pipeline inspection, military reconnaissance, and so on. It is very important to realize AUV path tracking accomplish these missions. In this paper, a fuzzy controller based on the established kinematic dynamic models of systems presented solve path-tracking problem. o...

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) is the main component for Maritime Security and Defence. Because of that, TNI AL needs Indonesian Warship (KRI) to covered Maritime area. The main requirement from KRI is fulfilled by demand. To pock of fuel demand from KRI at Naval Base, it needs a new pipeline of fuel distribution network system. The pipeline network system used for maximum lifetime must be protected ...