Equipment and Procedure for Standardized Projector Performance Tests

Abstract

This report covers work carried on aboard the U.S.S. SEMMES by personnel of the Naval Research Laboratory from 6 to 18 November 1939. The objective of the work was to provide the SEMMES with calibrated sound intensity measuring equipment for measuring in absolute units the performance of underwater sound projectors submitted by manufacturers for test.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1939
Accession Number
AD1159374

Entities

People

  • Emily J. Klein
  • P. N. Arnold

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Calibration
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Intensity
  • Measurement
  • Navy
  • Performance Tests
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Resonance
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Sound Pressure
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Transmitting
  • Underwater Sound

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.