Accession Number:

AD0423858

Title:

SEA WATER SOUND SPEEDS EXPRESSED IN ENGLISH UNITS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Lyons,Anna Mary

Report Date:

1963-05-10

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

Tables for the speed of sound in sea water were calculated in the English system of units from Wilsons equation. The speed of sound can be determined with these tables to one foot per second or to three feet per second with the use of the nomogram. Diagrams of the temperature and salinity extremes in the ocean are included. Author

Descriptors:

• *TABLES(DATA)
• *NOMOGRAPHS
• SEA WATER
• SOUND TRANSMISSION
• SOUND TRANSMISSION
• SOUND TRANSMISSION
• SOUND
• VELOCITY
• TEMPERATURE
• PRESSURE
• HIGH PRESSURE
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE