Projectors and Hydrophones for an Acoustic Waveguide

Abstract

Three projector and three hydrophone configurations have been developed to instrument three acoustic waveguides. These transducers were required to provide sufficient signal-to-noise ratio to make measurements of acoustic reflection, absorption, and transmission coefficients at pressures up to 14 MPa, temperature of 1 to 20 C, and over three frequency ranges spanning the limits of 1 to 100 kHz. The construction of the transducers is described, typical free-field calibration plots are shown, and the approximate improvement in signal-to-noise ratio is given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 21, 1981
Accession Number
ADA111851

Entities

People

  • A. M. Young
  • G. D. Hugus
  • M. D. Jevnager

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustic Waveguides
  • Assembly
  • Butyl Rubber
  • Coefficients
  • Construction
  • Detectors
  • Free Field
  • Frequency
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Plant Oils
  • Stainless Steel
  • Transducers
  • Underwater Sound

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Regression Analysis.