A STUDY OF UNDERWATER PROPAGATION FROM A HIGH POWER ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE
Abstract
This report considers some acoustical observations resulting from a high-power electrical discharge. One of the main objectives in making acoustical tests was to obtain some kind of measure of the ratio of the radiated acoustical energy to that of the electrical energy of the discharge. For the tests made under sea water this ratio was observed to be on the order of 1 to 1000, while using a simple non-optimized discharge electrode design. Measurements made of air-to-water electrical discharges, as for example, a simulated lightning discharge to the surface, revealed substantially negligible underwater acoustical response.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0406718
Entities
People
- M. J. Larsen
- M. M. Newman
- O. R. Gano
Organizations
- University of Florida