Marine acoustic aerobuoy and method of operation

摘要

A marine acoustic detector for use in identifying a characteristic airborne sound pressure field generated by a propeller-driven aircraft including a surface-buoyed resonator chamber tuned to the narrow frequency band of the airborne sound pressure field and having a dimensioned opening formed into a first endplate of the chambver for admitting the airborne sound pressure field. Mounted within the resonator chamber is a transducer circuit comprising a microphone and a pre-amplifier, the microphone functioning to detect the resonating sound pressure field within the chamber and to convert the resonating sound waves into an electrical signal while the pre-amplifier functions to amplify the electrical signal for transmission via a cable to an underwater or surface marine vehicle to undergo signal processing. The sound amplification properties of the resonator air chamber are exploited in the passive detection of propeller-driven aircraft at airborne ranges exceeding thoses ranges of visual or sonar detection to provide 44 dB of received sound amplification at common aircraft frequencies below 100 Hz.