Citation

Soloway AG, Dahl PH. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2014; 136(3): EL218.

Affiliation

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th Street, Seattle, Washington 98105-6698 dahl@apl.washington.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Institute of Physics)

DOI

10.1121/1.4892668

PMID

25190424

Abstract

Experimental measurements of the peak pressure and sound exposure level (SEL) from underwater explosions collected 7 km off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia are presented. The peak pressures are compared to results from previous studies and a semi-empirical equation that is a function of measurement range and charge weight, and are found to be in good agreement. An empirical equation for SEL that similarly employs a scaling approach involving charge weight and range is also presented and shows promise for the prediction of SEL in shallow water.

Language: en