Transducers and Arrays for Underwater Sound

• Main Authors: Butler, John L. (Author), Sherman, Charles H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing,
• Subjects: Physics.; Oceanography.; Remote sensing.; Acoustics.; Geophysics.; Acoustical engineering.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Engineering Acoustics.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

This improved and updated second edition covers the theory, development, and design of electro-acoustic transducers for underwater applications. This highly regarded text discusses the basics of piezoelectric and magnetostrictive transducers that are currently being used as well as promising new des...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Electroacoustic Transduction
• Transducer Models
• Transducer Characteristics.-Transducers as Projectors
• Transducers as Hydrophones
• Projector Arrays
• Hydrophone Arrays
• Transducer Evaluation and Measurement
• Acoustic Radiation from Transducers
• Mathematical Models for Acoustic Radiation
• Nonlinear Mechanisms and Their Effects
• Appendix. Glossary of Terms.-Solutions for Odd-Numbered Exercises.-Index.