Engineers are called upon to protect the public by inspecting the infrastructure systems that have been built over the last 150 years. In underwater environments, visibility is often extremely limited or nonexistent. Underwater acoustics provides a powerful tool that allows inspectors to “see” through black-water conditions and produce clear images of what is occurring beneath the surface. This underwater acoustics course is essential for professionals involved in the inspection of underwater substructural elements such as bridges, dams, ports, and harbors.
This course provides essential knowledge and develops technical skills needed to successfully assess underwater structures safely and accurately, improve maintenance planning, and help prevent costly or catastrophic failures. Specific course instruction includes:
- Understand how sonar systems operate and interact with various materials
- Compare geometry of a sonar beam vs. geometry of a structure
- Use sonars to perform quality assurance and quality control checks
- Set up sonar equipment to accurately measure the volume of a scour hole on a bridge pier or under a dam apron
- Use of built measurement tools to accurately determine the section loss of a wooden or concrete pile
- Post inspection to see if sheet pile walls are connected and straight during installation
- Effective inspector data interpretation
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