Abstract: Apparatus for suppression of water flow noises in connection with a keel nted sonar dome. A solution of water soluble polymer is ejected through a series of holes along the leading edge of the sonar dome under forward movement of the ship. The concentration and flow rate is chosen to "bathe" the dome in a very dilute dispersion (of the order of 10 parts per million by weight) of the polymer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 4, 1966
Date of Patent:
June 1, 1982
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy