Abstract
As one of the target characteristics, water-entry sound characteristics are of great significance to study, and its research has certain reference value for the detection of sea target. The water-entry sound of an underwater target is a transient sound signal, and it is mainly measured in open water such as the sea and lakes. However, due to the short duration of the acoustic signal and the modulation effect of the measuring environment, it is difficult to measure water-entry sound. To deal with this problem, in this work, the water-entry sound of a metal ball was measured in a water tank in a laboratory. The measurements were made in the direct acoustic control area 0.45 m away from the drop point of the ball to eliminate the influence of reflection. Through a time-domain integration, the power of the transient signal of the water-entry sound of the metal ball was obtained. The energy of the initial impact sound and the pulsating-bubble sound was investigated, as was the impact of ball size, entry velocity, and other factors on the characteristics of the water-entry sound. The results show that by combining the virtual-source method with the time-domain integral in the near field, the energy of the incoming sound can be obtained accurately. The results are consistent with closed-space measurements. The water-entry sound includes the initial impact sound and the pulsating-bubble sound. The energy of the pulsating-bubble sound is 3–5 orders of magnitude larger than that of the initial impact sound. The average power level of the water-entry sound is proportional to the ball size and the 2/3 power of the slamming velocity. The relation between the average power level and the 1/3 power of the kinetic energy is an exponential function with base 10. Based on the kinetic energy variety of metal balls entering the water, an acoustic model of this system is established. The results can be used for reference to other transient sound measurements.
Highlights
As one of the target characteristics, water-entry sound characteristics are of great significance to study, and its research has certain reference value for the detection of sea target. e water-entry sound of an underwater target is a transient sound signal, and it is mainly measured in open water such as the sea and lakes
Eliminating Reflected Sound in Near-Field Experiments. e data obtained from the transient sound measurements in the far field of the closed space were compared with those obtained by the near-field virtual-source time-domain integration method with a virtual source in the near field
The virtual-source method was combined with the time-domain integration method to measure the acoustic power of the metal ball when it entered the water
Summary
As one of the target characteristics, water-entry sound characteristics are of great significance to study, and its research has certain reference value for the detection of sea target. e water-entry sound of an underwater target is a transient sound signal, and it is mainly measured in open water such as the sea and lakes. Due to the short duration of the acoustic signal and the modulation effect of the measuring environment, it is difficult to measure water-entry sound To deal with this problem, in this work, the water-entry sound of a metal ball was measured in a water tank in a laboratory. Rough a timedomain integration, the power of the transient signal of the water-entry sound of the metal ball was obtained. Based on the kinetic energy variety of metal balls entering the water, an acoustic model of this system is established. When an object enters a body of water, the transient acoustic signals will be generated. In 1900, Worthington undertook many insightful and systematic studies on objects entering the water He took photographs of metal balls entering water using the flash photography technology of the time. In 1929, von Karman proposed Attached Water Quality and energy conversion for objects entering water [7]
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