Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

An Inertial-Type Acoustic Vector Sensor Used in Airborne Sonobuoy

  • PHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR ECOLOGY, MEDICINE, AND BIOLOGY
  • Published:
Instruments and Experimental Techniques Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

An inertial-type acoustic vector sensor (AVS) prototype used as an acoustic directional receiver in the airborne sonobuoy was designed, fabricated and tested. The AVS prototype consists of a hydrophone, a biaxial piezoelectric accelerometer, a magnetic compass, and the related signal-conditioning circuits. Calibration experiments were performed in an acoustic standing wave calibrator. Test results show that the acoustic pressure sensitivity of the hydrophone is –157 dB (0 dB re 1 V/μPa), and the biaxial accelerometer provides equivalent acoustic pressure sensitivities of –166 and –167 dB (0 dB re 1 V/μPa) at 100 Hz, respectively. The operating frequencies of the AVS prototype extend from 5 Hz to around 2.5 kHz, and the equivalent self-noise pressure levels are less than 45 dB/√Hz at 1 kHz.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. Gordienko, V.A. and Jia, Z., Vector-Phase Methods in Acoustics, Beijing: National Defense Industry Press, 2014.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Leslie, C.B., Kendall, J.M., and Jones, J.L., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 1956, vol. 28, no. 4, p. 711. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.417316

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Gabrielson, T.B., Gardner, D.L., and Garrett, S.L., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 1995, vol. 97, no. 4, p. 2227. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.411948

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Moffett, M.B. and Powers, J.M., AIP Conf. Proc., 1996, no. 368, p. 69. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.417316

  5. Kim, K., Gabrielson, T.B., and Lauchle, G.C., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 2004, vol. 116, no. 6, p. 3384. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1804632

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Korenbaum, V.I., Tagiltsev, A.A., Gorovoi, S.V., Kostiv, A.E., and Shiryaev, A.D., Instrum. Exp. Tech., 2017, vol. 60, no. 4, p. 600. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441217040066

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Korenbaum, V.I., Tagiltsev, A.A., Gorovoi, S.V., Kostiv, A.E., Shiryaev, A.D., Fershalov, Yu.Ya., and Maryutin, V.S., Instrum. Exp. Tech., 2017, vol. 60, no. 5, p. 728. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441217040078

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was supported by the Program for Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant no. BK20180171), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 11904330).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Manned Vehicles, China Ship Scientific Research Center, 214082, Wuxi, China

    Hongkun Zhou

  2. Acoustic Science and Technology Laboratory, Harbin Engineering University, 150001, Harbin, China

    Lianjin Hong

  3. Naval Research Academy, 100073, Beijing, China

    Xinyi Sun

  4. Qingdao Acoustics Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266114, Qingdao, China

    Wenni Liu

Authors
  1. Hongkun Zhou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Lianjin Hong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Xinyi Sun
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Wenni Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Hongkun Zhou.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Zhou, H., Hong, L., Sun, X. et al. An Inertial-Type Acoustic Vector Sensor Used in Airborne Sonobuoy. Instrum Exp Tech 64, 153–156 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441221010188

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441221010188

Search

Navigation