"Large" Tank Acoustics: How Big Is Big Enough?

Michael D Gray; Peter H Rogers; Arthur N Popper; Anthony D Hawkins; Richard R Fay

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_43

"Large" Tank Acoustics: How Big Is Big Enough?

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016:875:363-9. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_43.

Authors

Michael D Gray¹, Peter H Rogers², Arthur N Popper³, Anthony D Hawkins⁴, Richard R Fay⁵

Affiliations

¹ Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA. michael.gray@me.gatech.edu.
² Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA. peter.rogers@me.gatech.edu.
³ Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. apopper@umd.edu.
⁴ Loughine Ltd., Kincraig, Blairs, Aberdeen, AB12 5YT, UK. a.hawkins@btconnect.com.
⁵ Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA. rfay44@aol.com.

PMID: 26610980
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_43

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the issues encountered when trying to perform hearing experiments in water-filled tanks that are several meters in lateral extent, typically large in terms of the size of the animals under study but not necessarily so with respect to the wavelengths of interest. This paper presents measurements of pressure and particle motion fields in these "large" tanks. The observed characteristics and complexities are discussed in reference to their potential impact on the planning and interpretation of hearing experiments.

Keywords: Acoustic pressure; Hearing; Particle velocity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Acoustics*
Animals
Fisheries*
Fishes
Pressure