The Design of Low-Frequency Underwater Acoustic Projectors: Present Status and Future Trends

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 107-122

  Wilson, Jr, Oscar Bryan ^b   Hamonic, Bernard ^a  

^a Institut Supérieur d’Electronique du Nord ^*  (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Low frequency projectors; sonar; transducer modeling; underwater acoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ELECTRIC NETWORKS - EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SONAR;

FLEXTENSIONAL TRANSDUCER; HELMHOLTZ RESONATOR; LOW-FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC PROJECTOR; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE VERSUS PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVE; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC PROJECTORS;

ACOUSTICS, UNDERWATER;

EID: 0025796539     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: 15581691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.64890     Document Type: Article

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