LOW FREQUENCY UNDERWATER SOUND CALIBRATION SOURCE

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Navy	Award ID: 6274	Program Year/Program: 1987 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 6274	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC.
12030 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 400, Reston Plaza Reston, VA -
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1987

Title: LOW FREQUENCY UNDERWATER SOUND CALIBRATION SOURCE

Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $50,000.00

Abstract:
A NEW AND PROPRIETARY LOW-FREQUENCY CERAMIC SONAR PROJECTOR ELEMENT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, BASED ON A MODIFIED FLEXURE BAR, AND TERMED A FITZGERALD FLEXBAR. A REPRESENTATIVE DESIGN IS SHOWN FOR A FLEXDUCER CONSISTING OF 4 FLEXBARS ENCAPSULATED INTO A HOUSING 3-1/2"D X 18"H WITH A NOMINAL RESONANT FREQUENCY OF \210 HZ WHEN LOADED IN WATER. BASED ON EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT CALCULATIONS, IT IS SHOWN THAT QM\25 AND THAT THE MAXIMUM (STRESS LIMITED) OUTPUT IS OF THE ORDER OF \3 ACOUSTIC WATTS. WITH AN APPROPRIATE EQUALIZING NETWORK, THE FLEXDUCER WOULD BE CAPABLE OF 1 ACOUSTIC WATT OUTPUT OVER A FREQUENCY BAND OF \165 HZ TO \265 HZ. MECHANO-ACOUSTIC EFFICIENCIES OF \75% ARE EXPECTED. FOR DEEP-WATER OPERATIONS (\500 FT.) PRESSURE EQUALIZATION WOULD BE ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF A DOUBLE-STAGE REGULATOR AND A PRESSURIZED AIR TANK.

Principal Investigator:
James w fitzgerald
2034473552

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Planning Systems Inc
95 Trumbull St - Ste B/foss Bl New London, CT 06320

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No