PHASE COMPARISON SONAR. PHASE II. TEST RESULTS

A phase comparison sonar was developed and tested aboard the PCH-1 Hydrofoil to determine the feasibility of detecting obstacles, floating on or slightly below the sea surface, in the path of the ship's foils. Provisions were incorporated in the sonar design so that a side looking sonar mode could be tested while the craft was operating foilborne at speeds up to 40 kn. The sonar transducers and receiver were calibrated prior to the foilborne tests so that the magnitude of the flow noise could be measured in the sonar receiver bandwidth which is centered at 152 kHz.

• Corporate Authors:

  Westinghouse Electric Corporation

  Ocean Research and Engineering Center
  Annapolis, MD  United States 
• Publication Date: 1971-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 106 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detectors; Performance; Side looking radar; Sonar; Sonic navigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Detection systems; Hydrofoil performance; Side looking sonar
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00035622
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: BA-865
• Contract Numbers: N00600-70-C-0249
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1972 12:00AM