1. A torque-resistant radiolucent silicone handle apparatus comprised of an:
outer silicone gripping layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein said inner surface includes a plurality of integrally formed angled dovetailed silicone tabs;
and an inner skeletal frame comprised of an asymmetrical tubular body having an inner surface and an outer surface and wherein said asymmetrical tubular body further includes:
a flattened angular end having diameter D1;
a continuous cylindrical center having diameter D2;
a curved flattened end having diameter D3; and
a plurality of radiating silicone flow channels, wherein each of said radiating silicone flow channels are contiguously arranged in a continuous spiral configuration.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of said plurality of radiating silicone flow channels has a terminating channel end and an open channel end.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein a width of each of said terminating channel end is greater than a width of each of said open channel end.
4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein each terminating channel end is bounded by an angle formed of opposing dovetailed channel sides.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein each of said opposing dovetailed channel sides creates a force to oppose movement of angled dovetailed silicone tabs.
6. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said plurality of radiating silicone flow channels are placed so that each terminal channel end is placed opposite to said terminal channel end of the adjacent radiating silicone flow channel.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said dovetailed angled side surfaces are disposed at outer channel retaining angles of 90 to 150 degrees.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein each of said dovetailed recesses comprise a dovetailed angled side surface and an outer channel retaining portion having a length L1 and a depth W2.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the inner channel floor extends beyond the outer end of dovetailed angled side surfaces at each open channel end.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said continuous spiral configuration further includes continuous spiral inner channel floors, at least two continuous spiral dovetailed angled side surfaces and at least two continuous spiral dovetailed recesses.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein each said dovetailed recesses has a thickness T2.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of said radiating silicone flow channels has an inner channel floor, at least two dovetailed angled side surfaces having a thickness T1 and at least two dovetailed recesses at the upper end of each of said dovetailed angled side surfaces.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of said angled dovetailed silicone tabs has an outer channel retaining angle of 90 to 150 degrees.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 which further includes three or more pairs of radiating silicone flow channels.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein D1 is greater than D3.
16. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a ratio of non-channel surface area to channel space is less than 30 percent.
17. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a ratio of a height of the angled dovetailed silicone tab above the inner channel floor to a width of an elongated portion of the tab is 40 to 50 percent of said height.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
obtaining first measurements acquired by multi-component seismic sensors of a towed seismic streamer;
based at least in part on the first measurements, determining a shape of the streamer while in tow, wherein the first measurements comprise inline measurements and determining the shape of the streamer comprises spatially integrating at least some of the inline measurements; and
processing seismic measurements acquired by the sensors of the towed seismic streamer in a processor-based machine based at least in part on the determined shape.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
obtaining depth measurements of the streamer; and
based at least in part on the first measurements and depth measurements, determining a depth profile of the streamer.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
deghosting the seismic measurements based at least in part on the determined depth profile.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
correcting time shifts present in the seismic measurements based at least in part on the determined shape.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of obtaining the first measurements comprises obtaining the first measurements from inclinometers.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing includes identifying at least one segment of the streamer that is substantially not flat based at least in part on the determined shape, and the processing further includes selectively weighting each of the seismic measurements based at least in part on whether the seismic sensor acquiring the seismic measurement is disposed in said at least one segment.
7. An article comprising a computer accessible storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor-based system cause the processor-based system to:
receive first measurements acquired by multi-component seismic sensors of a seismic streamer, wherein the first measurements comprise inline measurements;
spatially integrate at least some of the inline measurements to determine a shape of the streamer while in tow; and
process seismic measurements acquired by the sensors of the towed seismic streamer based at least in part on the determined shape.
8. The article of claim 7, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor-based system cause the processor-based system to determine a depth profile of the streamer while in tow based at least in part on the first measurements and depth measurements of the streamer.
9. The article of claim 8, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor-based system cause the processor-based system to deghost seismic measurements acquired by seismic sensors of the streamer while in tow based at least in part on the determined depth profile.
10. The article of claim 8, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor-based system cause the processor-based system to correct time shifts present in seismic measurements acquired by seismic sensors of the streamer while in tow based at least in part on the determined depth profile.
11. The article of claim 7, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor-based system cause the processor-based system to identify at least one segment of the streamer that is substantially not flat based at least in part on the determined shape and process seismic measurements acquired by seismic sensors of the streamer while in tow based at least in part on the identified said at least one segment.
12. The article of claim 7, the storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor-based system cause the processor-based system to:
identify at least one segment of the streamer that is substantially not flat based at least in part on the determined shape; and
selectively weight each of the seismic measurements based at least in part on whether the seismic sensor acquiring the seismic measurement is disposed in said at least one segment.
13. A system comprising:
an interface to receive first measurements acquired by multi-component seismic sensors of a towed seismic streamer; and
a processor adapted to:
determine a shape of the streamer while in tow, wherein the first measurements comprise inline measurements and the processor is adapted to spatially integrate at least some of the inline measurements to determine the shape of the streamer; and
process seismic measurements acquired by the sensors of the towed seismic streamer based at least in part on the determined shape.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is part of the streamer.
15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:
the streamer; and
a survey vessel to tow the streamer.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein
the interface is adapted to receive depth measurements of the streamer, and
the processor is adapted to determine a depth profile of the streamer while in tow based at least in part on the first measurements and the depth measurements.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is adapted to deghost seismic measurements acquired by seismic sensors of the streamer while in tow based at least in part on the determined depth profile.
18. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is adapted to correct time shifts present in seismic measurements acquired by seismic sensors of the streamer while in tow based at least in part on the determined shape.
19. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is adapted to identify at least one segment of the streamer that is substantially not flat based at least in part on the determined shape and process seismic measurements acquired by seismic sensors of the streamer while in tow based at least in part on said at least one identified segment.
20. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further adapted to:
identify at least one segment of the streamer that is substantially not flat based at least in part on the determined shape; and
selectively weight each of the seismic measurements based at least in part on whether the seismic sensor acquiring the seismic measurement is disposed in said at least one segment.