UNDERWATER SOUNDTRANSDUCER CALIBRATION FACILITY FOR THE 10- TO 4000-Hz FREQUENCY RANGE AT HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE TO 10,000 psig

Abstract

A new controlled-environment facility operating on the principle of active-impedance termination in a rigid-walled tube now provides the means of calibrating a wide variety of underwater sound transducers in the increasingly important frequency range 10 to 4000 Hz at static pressure to 10,000 psig and temperature from 3 to 45C. This report describes the theory, limitations, and mechanical features of the facility and presents examples of both primary and secondary calibrations of transducers in the tube and in a free field.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1969
Accession Number
AD0693091

Entities

People

  • Joseph F. Prandoni
  • Louis G. Beatty

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Concrete
  • Detection
  • Free Field
  • Frequency
  • High Pressure
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Plane Waves
  • Sound Pressure
  • Stainless Steel
  • Standing Waves
  • Static Pressure
  • Test Facilities
  • Transducers
  • Underwater Sound

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design