INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 List of symbols
5 Hydrophone characteristics
5.1 General
5.2 Basic information
5.3 Hydrophone class
5.4 Sensitivity
5.5 Frequency response
5.6 Directional response
5.7 Effective radius
5.8 Dynamic range and linearity
5.9 Electric output characteristics
5.9.1 Electric output characteristics
5.9.2 Output lead configuration and ringing
resonance in cable
5.10 Information on the integral amplifier, if included
5.11 Environmental and other aspects
5.11.1 Temperature range
5.11.2 Water tightness
5.11.3 Water properties and incompatible materials
5.11.4 Other aspects
6 Relative measurements of hydrophone characteristics
6.1 General concepts
6.1.1 Relative measurement for directional response
and for comparison of sensitivity
6.1.2 Temporal waveform and frequency concepts and
hydrophone position
6.2 Measurement concepts
6.2.1 Source transducer
6.2.2 Types of measurement
6.2.3 Temporal waveform concepts
6.2.4 Hydrophone position concepts
6.3 Requirements
6.3.1 Measurement vessel and water
6.3.2 Temperature stability
6.3.3 Positional accuracy
6.3.4 Maximum hydrophone size
6.3.5 Requirements for the electronic equipment
6.3.6 Requirements with particular respect to time
delay spectrometry
7 Hydrophone calibration
Annex A (informative) Tables
Annex B (informative) Behaviour of PVDF polymer sensors in
high intensity
Annex C (informative) Hydrophone positioning in the
ultrasonic near field
Annex D (informative) Time delay spectrometry - Requirements
and a brief review of the technique
Annex E (informative) The absolute calibration of
hydrophones up to 40 MHz
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
publications with their corresponding
European publications
Bibliography