2014 Volume 70 Issue 2 Pages I_990-I_995
The port function became a completely paralyzed situation temporarily at the Great East Japan Earthquake, since in addition to the damage caused by the earthquake, the cargo, rubble, etc. flowed in large quantities in port and blockaded the traffic route and basin.
It may happen that the function of the metropolitan will be paralyzed if the massive tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake class attacks to Tokyo Bay, early sweeping of traffic route obstacles for performing emergency aid cargo shipment is indispensable.In this paper, we considered to the practicality of 4D sonar system which can survey the form, the size, the coordinates, etc. of a submarine obstacle at an early stage, and report having evaluated the validity of 4D sonar system as the technology of sweeping for traffic route obstacles.