Identification of Underwater Targets via Active Sonar

Abstract

The main thrust of this research was to experimentally determine the resonances in cylindrical-like structures. When such a structure is insonified with a single frequency sinusoidal acoustic energy, there will be some deformation of the structure and internal waves will propagate through it. Some waves will travel from one edge, through the center, to the other edge, and be reflected back. Others will travel around the structure circumferentially. If the driving frequency, the radial waves, and the circumferential waves are in phase at the driving point, resonance will occur. The circumferential waves are usually described by sinusoidal functions while the radial waves are described by Bessel and Hankel functions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA279824

Entities

People

  • Chung Tsui
  • Glenn N. Reid

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diffraction
  • Doppler Effect
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Geometry
  • Horizontal Orientation
  • Internal Waves
  • Maryland
  • Repetition Rate
  • Resonance
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Scattering
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aerodynamics.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.