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Accession Number:
ADA076971
Title:
Design Manual for a Constant Beamwidth Transducer.
Descriptive Note:
Interim rept.,
Corporate Author:
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
Report Date:
1979-10-11
Pagination or Media Count:
34.0
Abstract:
The theory of a broadband constant beamwidth transducer CBT which is based on Legendre function amplitude shading of a spherical cap was described in a previous report, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 6438-43 1978. Theoretical calculations showed the CBT to have uniform acoustic loading, extremely low side-lobes, virtually no nearfield, an essentially constant beam pattern for all frequencies above a certain cutoff frequency, and a flat transmitting current response over a broad band for piezoelectric drive. In this report formulas suitable for the design of a CBT which is to be used as a transmitter andor receiver are developed. The formulas involve simple algebraic and trigonometric expressions and can be readily evaluated using a pocket calculator. Formulas are developed for the required velocity distribution, limiting beam patterns, directivity index, equivalent two-way beam widths for volume and surface reverberation, shading coefficients for a stepwise implementation of the velocity distribution, size, ceramic mass, bandwidth, source level, transmitting voltage and current responses, and receiving voltage sensitivity. The report concludes with an example illustrating the procedure used to design a CBT with a specified - 3 dB half-angle beam pattern, source level, and receiving voltage sensitivity. Author
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
