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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Analytical Approach to Sampling Estimation of Underwater Tunnels Using Mechanical Profiling Sonars.

Vitor Augusto Machado Jorge, Pedro Daniel de Cerqueira Gava, Juan Ramon Belchior de França Silva, Thais Machado Mancilha, Waldir Vieira, Geraldo José Adabo, Cairo Lúcio Nascimento

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Vitor Augusto Machado JorgeElectronics Engineering Division, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos 12228-900, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1620-852X
Pedro Daniel de Cerqueira GavaElectronics Engineering Division, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos 12228-900, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2682-043X
Juan Ramon Belchior de França SilvaElectronics Engineering Division, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos 12228-900, SP, Brazil.
Thais Machado MancilhaElectronics Engineering Division, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos 12228-900, SP, Brazil.
Waldir VieiraElectronics Engineering Division, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos 12228-900, SP, Brazil.
Geraldo José AdaboElectronics Engineering Division, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos 12228-900, SP, Brazil.
Cairo Lúcio NascimentoElectronics Engineering Division, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos 12228-900, SP, Brazil.

Funding

CERAN, ENERCAN and FOZ DO CHAPECÓ, under supervision of ANEEL - The Brazilian Regulatory Agency of Electricity. PD 02476-2502/2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydroelectric power plants often make use of tunnels to redirect the flow of water to the plant power house. Such tunnels are often flooded and can span considerable distances. Periodical inspections of such tunnels are highly desirable since a tunnel collapse will be catastrophic, disrupting the power plant operation. In many cases, the use of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) equipped with mechanical profiling sonars is a suitable and affordable way to gather data to generate 3D mapping of flooded tunnels. In this paper, we study the resolution of 3D tunnel maps generated by one or more mechanical profiling sonars working in tandem, considering synchronization and occlusion problems. The article derives the analytical equations to estimate the sampling of the underwater tunnels using mechanical profiling sonars (scanning sonars). Experiments in a simulated environment using up to four sensors simultaneously are presented. We also report experimental results obtained by a UUV inside a large power plant tunnel, together with a first map of this environment using a single sonar sensor.

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Imagenex 881Lmappingmechanical profiling sonarprofiling sonarsamplingUUV

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PMID33803074
PMCPMC7963168

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