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Tonpilz

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105: 39:(underwater acoustic receiver). The transducer's size, odd shape, and acoustic projection capabilities have earned it the moniker "tonpilz", from the German words 61:
Transducers of this form also lend themselves to compensation against the hydrostatic pressures encountered in sonar, particularly for submarine applications.
35:) materials between a light, stiff radiating head mass and a heavy tail mass, the transducer can effectively operate as either a projector (source) or a 54:
applications. To maximize efficiency, transducers are often placed in arrays: a grid of sometimes hundreds of transducers. This arrangement also allows
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or "acoustic mushroom" may refer to a certain type of underwater
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Introduction to Theory and Design of Sonar Transducers
47:(mushroom) and from the figurative similarity. 16:Type of underwater electro-acoustic transducer 8: 50:Typically, tonpilz transducers are used in 27:transducer. By sandwiching active (i.e. 77: 124:Underwater Electroacoustic Transducers 7: 14: 1: 156: 126:. Peninsula Publishing. 122:Stansfield, D. (1991). 89:. Peninsula Publishing. 85:Wilson, O. B. (1988). 66:Royal Albert Hall 147: 127: 110: 109: 108: 104: 97: 91: 90: 82: 33:magnetostrictive 25:electro-acoustic 155: 154: 150: 149: 148: 146: 145: 144: 130: 129: 121: 119: 114: 113: 106: 99: 98: 94: 84: 83: 79: 74: 17: 12: 11: 5: 153: 151: 143: 142: 132: 131: 118: 115: 112: 111: 92: 76: 75: 73: 70: 58:and steering. 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 152: 141: 138: 137: 135: 128: 125: 116: 102: 96: 93: 88: 81: 78: 71: 69: 67: 62: 59: 57: 53: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 29:piezoelectric 26: 22: 123: 120: 117:Bibliography 95: 86: 80: 63: 60: 49: 44: 43:(tone) and 40: 20: 18: 56:beamforming 101:EP 0473480 72:References 37:hydrophone 19:The term 134:Category 21:tonpilz 107:  140:Sonar 52:sonar 45:Pilz 41:Ton 31:or 136:: 68:.

Index

electro-acoustic
piezoelectric
magnetostrictive
hydrophone
sonar
beamforming
Royal Albert Hall
EP 0473480
Category
Sonar

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