| Abstract: | The use of the side-scan sonar SAR brings to light a new problem for the IFREMER teams in charge of operations: how to master the half-turn manoeuvre of the ship, cable and fish as a whole in order to cover the entire maritime area under study, the mesh being in this case greatly reduced (900 m).Having defined the criteria necessary for manoeuvring under optimal conditions, a mathematical model for simulating cable dynamics—the only method adapted to this kind of study—was introduced in order to determine typical behaviour patterns of half-turn manoeuvres for the various immersions envisaged (from 2000 to 6000 m). |
