Decoupling ring

摘要

The decoupling ring comprises at least one compliance element arranged in an annular fashion around the sonar array, the at least one compliance element having a selected compliance and being affixed at one end to the craft and at least one mass element arranged in an annular fashion around the sonar array, the at least one mass element being affixed to the at least one compliance element. The decoupling ring is sized and configured so as to have a resonant frequency below the operating frequency range of the sonar array. The compliance elements are pref vibrationally speaking springs and the mass elements are pref metal segments which form a mass-spring system.