Sonar Dome Reliability XIX: Data Analysis of the USS Kauffman Sonar Rubber Dome.

Abstract

In August of 1992. a new Sonar Rubber Dome (SRD), instrumented with sensors for the Sonar Dome Acoustic Deflection Measurement System, was installed aboard the USS Kauffman (FFG-59). The modification and deployment of the Sonar Dome Acoustic Deflection Measurement System to measure the deflection behavior of the SRD was an ambitious first time effort intended to provide calibration data for the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory's SRD finite element model. The purpose this report is to relate the findings of the data taken from FFG-59's SRD. This will include a comparison between the predictions of University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory's finite element model and NRL's measurements. While the results from this comparison cannot be considered conclusive, they do suggest, from a dynamic perspective, that the SRD may be more rigid than initially predicted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 14, 1994
Accession Number
ADA289130

Entities

People

  • D. B. Weaver
  • J. F. Covey

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Calibration
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Reliability
  • Sonar Domes
  • Sonar Equipment
  • Test Equipment
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transducers
  • Uss Yorktown

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  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).