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- An acoustic receiver array assembly includes an underwater vehicle having a base portion and an acoustic receiver portion. The base portion is provided with a rigid boundary wall defining a first largest diameter. The receiver portion is provided with a flexible boundary wall expandable from a generally cylindrical configuration of no more than the first diameter to an expanded configuration of a second diameter substantially larger than the first diameter, the receiver portion defining a chamber. Expansion means is disposed in the chamber and is operable to expand the receiver portion boundary wall to the second diameter. Acoustic receivers are mounted in the receiver portion and provide an acoustic receiver array which expands commensurately with the expansion of the receiver portion boundary wall.
Group: Instrument_Details
Entry_ID: ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS
Group: Instrument_Identification
Instrument_Category: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
Instrument_Class: Profilers/Sounders
Instrument_Type: Acoustic Sounders
Short_Name: ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS
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Group: Instrument_Associated_Sensors
Short_Name: ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS
Short_Name: SONAR
Short_Name: USIM
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Sample_Image: http://www.pier.org/images/operations/tag_VR2_in_water.jpg
Creation_Date: 2008-04-03
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