TWENTY YEARS OF SONAR CALIBRATION METHODS

Abstract

IN 1941, THERE EXISTED A NEGLIGIBLE CAPABILITY FOR ANYONE TO CALIBRATE AN UNDERWATER SOUND TRANSDUCER. With the invention of the reciprocity method of calibration and the impetus provided by World War II, the art and science of sonar calibration methods developed rapidly. During the years after World War II, the theory and practice of calibration methods have become ever broader in scope. A chronology of this development from 1941 to 1961, and the role of the Navy Underwater Sound Reference Laboratory in it, is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1961
Accession Number
AD0266473

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  • Robert J. Bobber

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  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

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  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustics
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  • Electroacoustic Transducers
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  • Hydrophones
  • Measurement
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  • Piezoelectric Crystals
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