PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF PULSED SOUND MEASUREMENTS

Abstract

The composition of pulses and their use in underwater sound measurements are examined from a nonclassical viewpoint. The multiple aspects of the complicated subject of pulse modulation are treated with particular consideration for the practitioner rather than the mathematician or the theoretical physicist. Exception is taken to the following generally held notions concerning pulsed measurements: (1) If the response of the device being measured is to approach the steady-state condition, the number of cycles in the driving pulse must equal the Q of the driven device at the operating frequency. (2) The buildup and decay times of the pulse are equal. (3) The frequency of the received signal is the same as that of the transmitted signal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 26, 1964
Accession Number
AD0601639

Entities

People

  • C. L. Darner

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Diffraction
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Shift
  • Lc Circuits
  • Measurement
  • Piezoelectric Crystals
  • Pulse Modulation
  • Radar
  • Repetition Rate
  • Resonant Circuits
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Spectra
  • Transducers
  • Wave Analyzers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Theoretical Analysis.