HOOP STRESSED BEAM HYDROPHONE

摘要

Seismic hydrophone streamer assemblies are constructed utilizing hydrophones which comprise cylindrical segments of crystals disposed with the axis of the crystals transverse to the axis of the streamer cable. This construction permits usage of a crystal having a diameter significantly larger than the diameter of the cable regardless of whether the crystal is disposed internally of a streamer cable. A crystal mounting means is provided which can be affixed to the exterior of a central stress member streamer cable and which supports the crystal solely by the edge of the crystal segment parallel to the cylindrical axis of the cylinder.