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    Modeling of the near to far acoustic fields of an echolocating bottlenose dolphin and harbor porpoisea)

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    Wei, Chong
    Au, Whitlow WL
    Ketten, Darlene R
    Date
    2020
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Wei, C. and Au, W.W.L. and Ketten, D.R. 2020. Modeling of the near to far acoustic fields of an echolocating bottlenose dolphin and harbor porpoisea). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 147 (3): pp. 1790-1801.
    Source Title
    Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
    DOI
    10.1121/10.0000918
    ISSN
    0001-4966
    Faculty
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    School
    School of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79514
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Echolocation signals emitted by odontocetes can be roughly classified into three broad categories: broadband echolocation signals, narrowband high-frequency echolocation signals, and frequency modulated clicks. Previous measurements of broadband echolocation signal propagation in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) did not find any evidence of focusing as the signals travel from the near-field to far-field. Finite element analysis (FEA) of high-resolution computed tomography scan data was used to examine signal propagation of broadband echolocation signals of dolphins and narrowband echolocation signals of porpoises. The FEA results were used to simulate the propagation of clicks from phonic lips, traveling through the forehead, and finally transmission into the water. Biosonar beam formation in the near-field and far-field, including the amplitude contours for the two species, was determined. The finite element model result for the simulated amplitude contour in the horizontal plane was consistent with prior direct measurement results for Tursiops, validating the model. Furthermore, the simulated far-field transmission beam patterns in both the vertical and horizontal planes were also qualitatively consistent with results measured from live animals. This study indicates that there is no evidence of convergence for either Tursiops or Phocoena as the sound propagates from the near-field to the far-field.

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