• DocumentCode
    1050095
  • Title

    Fabrication and test results of a conical acoustic lens

  • Author

    Reid, Glenn N.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak, Silver Spring, MD, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    45
  • Abstract
    This paper treats the fabrication problems and test results of an acoustic lens built in accordance with the acoustic design presented in an accompanying paper. Specific areas covered include the selection of the internal fluid, the window, construction of the case, sound-absorbing lining, and acoustic test results. With a SOAB sound-absorbing lining, the lens model worked well, giving horizontal beamwidths of 6\\deg and vertical widths of 30\\deg . There is still a problem of compatibility between the SOAB and the Freon TF lens fluid selected.
  • Keywords
    Acoustic testing; Lenses; Underwater acoustics; Acoustic testing; Costs; Fabrication; Lenses; Ocean temperature; Optical design; Sea surface; Sonar equipment; Steel; Weapons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0364-9059
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JOE.1978.1145377
  • Filename
    1145377