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Chapter7Souerandunderground
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Sedsight
Ifourworldhadalwaysbeeedinfog,wewouldprobablymakelittleuseofsight,andrelyoead.Ifthefogprovedopaquetoradiowaves,ourteleuniswouldnodoubthavetakenanacousti,too.Theoisaworldofjustthiskind:visibilityispoorduetothemaithewater,radiowavesquicklydie.Aerisfullofsound:fish,marinemammals,humandivers,submarines,aerrobotsalluseitforsubtleandsofsensation,unidsometimesattack.
Allthiswouldbeoastistlivingouryago.It’struethatLeonardodaViaround1490that‘Ifyoucauseyourshiptostop,aheheadofalohelacetheotherextremitytoyourear,yousatagreatdistanyou’,butookmuoti.
ItwasnotuntilWorldWarIthatlisteniersoundsofvesselsted,andnotuntilWorldWarIIthattheriessoftheuersoundscapebecameclear.Thishappelythroughtwobizarreevents.In1942,acoustiChesapeakeBay,whichhadbeeesubmarines,allalertedatoillaofdestroyersenthusiasticallydepth-chargedthearea—butaleoilslicksappearedandtheonlyvictimswerethousandsoffish.Laterthatsameyear,allaloerncoastsoftheUS,everyaieanythingeller,infearofaJapaneseinvasioedatondagain,thesoleresultwasamultitudeofdeadmarinelife.
IftheUSmilitaryhadknownalittlemoreaboutafishcalledtheuchembarrassmentandmanydeadfishcouldhavebeenavoided.Forallitsundistinguishedappearahissmallbrowurehasaveryloudvoideed—somethinglikeamagnifiedwoodpedcroakeriesgivevoiceeverydawn,alltogether,muchlikebirds.
Noisyfishwereanalmostpletesurprisetobiologists.Therewasahithertouiohedepthswereassilentastheywereproverbiallysaidtobe.Infact,whiletheoshadbeenroutiedfordiionaltravelandasasourceoffood,whatlaybehesurfacewaslargelyunknoarentlyrarelyeveedupon,beyondwildtalesofseamendsofsuhedarkuerworldseemstohavebeenregardedaswhollyalienandnoplaceforpeople—evensailardedthedepthsasforbiddeoryandmostofthemdidoswiWhileartistsandsychologiststoo—ofteheseaasthewilddomainofrawheirattentionwasedthsurfae.Besurfaegativeregioobeasdevoidofsoundasitwasoflight.
However,fromtheearly1940s,listeningwithhydrophoermies)revealedjusthowdeep’reallyis,honyofsouendingwellaboveahehumanfrequenge,fromavastmultitudeofsources,mosttheifiable.Theloudestsoureareasturobeiesofsnappingshrimp.Infact,theupperlayeroftheseaishabadgeedbybreakingwaves,rain,andlightningaswellasbymarinelife.Inshallowareas,swirliisanadditional,omsourd.
Hearier
&woreasosilehesea:onephysical,theical.Thephysieistheimpedaairandwater,inceofwhichthesurfaceaairrbackalmostallsouhatland-dwellershearhebreakingofthe>
Submergeyourhead,andthebiologiaself:uheeardrumhaswaterononesideandairoher,andsoimpedaorepreventsmostsouering.Ifwehadnoeardrums(norair-filledmiddleears)wewouldprobablyhearverywelluer.
&eranimalsdon’tneedsuplicatedearsasours:sieraroundthemisasimilardensitytotheirffesh,souersahroughtheirwholebodieseasily,withouttheneedofpio,norofdrumsorwindowstotrafromooanother.Fishdohaveearbohs.Theyaremadeofcalciumate,thehighdensityofwhichprovidesasufltimpedaoallowvibrationbysouhismotionistraereonhaircells,which,likeours,sendnervesignalstothebraichesofhaircells,euromats,aredistributedontheskinsoffish.
Twootherstructuresaugmentthehearihefirst,theswimbladder,isanair-filledsacwhisliketheballasttanksofasubmarine,gthebuoyancyofitsownerasrequired,sothatthefishkorrisewithoutmusculareffort.Theswimbladdervibratesreadilytosoundwaves,andfunsasafairlysensitivehearinganuptoabout3kHz.Ithas,hreatdisadvantage:beingasiri,thesrovidesnoinformationaboutthedirewhidsarrive.
Itissupplementedbyasedstructure:thelateralline,afluid-filledtubethatrunsalongthesidesofthefishandfunsasadiresitivesoulowfrequencies(~160Hzto200Hz).Uereoourears,hensoundwavesiionsinthebasilarmembraowhichtheyareattached,lateralliereociliaarepushedalybyiningsoundwaves,whisthatthedireofthesoundsaresely(afishseionofwatermolecules,ratherthanthepressuregesthatwedo).Thismakesfishveryhardtocreepupon.
Teiquesandtransducers
&seriousteologicaluseofsouerwasthesouem,inwhiderwaterbellsplaearportscouldbedetectedbyshipsfittedwithprimitivehydrophoheformofiesinroofgs.Awatlisteheshipinstereoandcouldguidetheshiptoporteveninpoorvisibility.Thissystemwasfittedtomanyshipsintheperiod1875–1930,ingtheTitanidLusitania.By1923,therewerethirtybellsarou.Fromthe1910s,thesystemlacedbyeding,whiakingasouimingitsedwoutthedistanakheveloderwatersound:anotherexampleofthepulse-eique.
Fromeodernsonar(soundnavigati)systemsdeveloped.Inanaarsystem,short-durationsoundimpulses(‘piedfromavesseltoeobjetheirpath.AswellasdeterminingdistangesinthefrequencyofthereceivedpulsesareusedtocalculatetherelativevelocityofthestheDopplerefflect).
Passivesonarsystemssimplylisteersouhoseofshipping.Autnitionteiquesallowdifflerenttypesofshippiifiedfrinesouhehummiricalsystems:eachvessel,infact,hasitsuureoracoustigerprint.ThisteiquebecameveryimportantintheColdWarfnizingandtraemyshipsandsubmariiveandpassivesonarsystemsaresometimesdeployedonbuoys(sonobuoys),edwithradiosystemstoreps.
Thehydrophorumentforuiostallthoseiodayarepiezoelectric,usuallybasedoicceramiccalledPZT(leadandtitaniumzirate).Unlikemies,hydrophosometimesbeverylarge,ioachievedirealityatlowfrequehisreason,thesidesofsomesubmaripletelyplatedwithhydrophoheseffankarrays,astheyarecalled,areusuallymadeofpolyvinylidenediffuoride(PVDF).
&erequivalentoftheloudspeakerisknorojector.Projectorshavealimitatioapplytoloudspeakers:whenthesurfacemovesinwardstocreatetherarefaphaseofasouiosiftherarefaalpressureislowerthanthatwater.Thebubblessdabsorbthesouheprreaterthedepth,thehighertheressurebeoresouheprojeproducebeforetheoof.
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