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Acoustic Transduction

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Underwater Acoustic Systems

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Abstract

Underwater sound transducers convert electrical energy into or from mechanical energy, the latter quantity being perceived as longitudinal pressure waves in water. We thus impress a voltage waveform v(t) on the terminals of a transmit transducer, or projector, and generate a sympathetic pressure fluctuation p(t) in the water. The reverse occurs with a receive transducer, or hydrophone.

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  1. School of Information Systems, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

    Rodney F. W. Coates (Professor of Electronics)

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Coates, R.F.W. (1990). Acoustic Transduction. In: Underwater Acoustic Systems. Macmillan New Electronics Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20508-0_7

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