Wideband Sonar Arrays for UUV and Weapon System Applications

Abstract

Wideband sonar transducers find many applications in underwater vehicles. Two methods can be used to design wideband acoustic transducers. The multiply resonant transducer concept has found very limited operational application. Also, new piezoelectric materials have been developed that have very high electromechanical coupling coefficient and provide wider bandwidth. However, no study to date has compared these two design methods for performance and cost differences, and none has investigated the possible additional benefits of combining the two methods in a single transducer element for greater benefit than is available from either separately. That is the objective of the present study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA569483

Entities

People

  • Stephen C. Thompson

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Equipment
  • Arrays
  • Contracts
  • Couplings
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Piezoelectric Materials
  • Sonar Arrays
  • Sonar Transducers
  • Students
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Test Facilities
  • Transducers
  • Universities
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems