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Active sonar sends a signal out from a source and when it encounters an object the signal reflects back to the source. This can be detected by the object it is reflecting off of like a ship or submarine. Passive sonar is simply putting a microphone in the water and listening. It is also undectable.
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Do sonar produces ultrasound waves to map and locate objects underwater?
Active sonar ping is audible, so is not ultrasonic. Passive sonar just listens, but it takes time to determine objects bearing, speed & direction of travel. There is ultrasonic sonar for short range detection such as mines and frogman.
What is active sonar?
A transponder makes a sound in the fluid, and the time it takes the return pulse to arrive allows one to determine distance, and the direction the return pulse comes from tells the direction to the reflecting surface. How it works is that, when a sound signal is sent into the water, part of it will be reflected back when it hits an object. The distance to the object can then be determined by measuring the time between when the signal was sent and when the echo is received. Active sonar differes from passive sonar because in passive sonar, the operator listens to sounds emitted by the object one is trying to locate. Passive sonar uses the sounds emitted by objects such as ships, submarines and creatures such as marine mammals and fish to determine their location
What were the two different types of sonar?
The two types of sonar are active and passive.Active sonar uses a transmitter, a device that converts electrical energy to sound energy, to send out sound waves. The sound waves travel through the water until they strike an object. The object reflects them in various directions. Some of the reflected waves return to the sonar, where they strike a receiver. Sonar determines distances by measuring the time taken for a sound wave to travel from the transmitter, reflect from the object, and travel to the receiver.Passive sonar receives sound waves given off by some other source, but does not transmit sounds. Passive sonar can therefore determine the direction of an object, but is not as effective as active sonar in determining its distance.Hope I cleared your doubt!- Harman Kahlon
What does the letters in sonar stand for?
SONAR = SOund Navigation And Ranging SONAR = Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response SONAR =Switch On No Activity Received SONAR = SOlar Near-surface Active-region Rendering Hope I helped.
Difference between active and passive optical component?
Fiber optic couplers can be either active or passive devices. The difference between active and passive couplers is that a passive coupler redistributes the optical signal without optical-to-electrical conversion. Active couplers are electronic devices that split or combine the signal electrically and use fiber optic detectors and sources for input and output.
What are the different type of sonar?
The two different types of sonar are passive and active.
What are the differences between active and passive immunity?
One is active and one is passive
What is sonar and how does it detect aeroplanes?
Sonar is the generic name of the technology that is used to locate objects underwater. Sonar systems are of two basic types - active and passive. In active sonar the system let's out a pulse of sound and then the operator listens for echoes. The passive sonar the operator listens to sounds emitted by the object one is trying to locate.
The reason submarines can detect other underwater objects is largely due to?
Sonar. Active and passive
Can a sonar machine identify the object showing up on the sonar?
Sonar (which stands for SOund NAvigation and Ranging) can be made to identify the object it pings on - if active sonar; if passive sonar, identify the object making the sound it picks up. The higher the frequency of the active sonar ping, the better the resolution - but the shorter the range. At higher resolutions, it is not hard for the sonar to identify the object it pings on. At lower frequencies, the range is greater but it is harder for the sonar to identify what is being pinged. Another benefit of active sonar is the range and direction of the target can be discerned. Passive sonar just listens to the ambient water. Identification of the sound source can be made if the frequencies of the target making the sound are known and identified in a database. One problem with passive sonar is that it is hard to know the range of the target making the sound, although the direction will be known. Water temperature and depth have a great effect on sonar, so this must be taken into account when calculating distance. Sonar is used in the Military, Geological Surveying, and the Medical field.
Do sonar produces ultrasound waves to map and locate objects underwater?
Active sonar ping is audible, so is not ultrasonic. Passive sonar just listens, but it takes time to determine objects bearing, speed & direction of travel. There is ultrasonic sonar for short range detection such as mines and frogman.
What is active sonar?
A transponder makes a sound in the fluid, and the time it takes the return pulse to arrive allows one to determine distance, and the direction the return pulse comes from tells the direction to the reflecting surface. How it works is that, when a sound signal is sent into the water, part of it will be reflected back when it hits an object. The distance to the object can then be determined by measuring the time between when the signal was sent and when the echo is received. Active sonar differes from passive sonar because in passive sonar, the operator listens to sounds emitted by the object one is trying to locate. Passive sonar uses the sounds emitted by objects such as ships, submarines and creatures such as marine mammals and fish to determine their location
How does a ship use sonar?
There are two types of SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) used...active and passive. Passive SONAR is simply listening under water using hydrophones. With passive SONAR a vessel can determine the bearing (direction) of whatever is creating the noise right away. Using triangulation (multiple bearings at timed intervals) passive SONAR can now determine range, bearing, and speed. But this can be time consuming. Pro - stealth Con - time consuming Active SONAR requires emitting a noise underwater that is on multiple frequencies. Not just a single loud 'ping' like in the movies. As the sound reaches an object underwater the noise bounces back to the vessel that emitted the sounds. Sounds travel at given speeds, and using a calculation you can almost immediately determine range along with bearing. A second quick active SONAR burst and you now have speed. But, now everyone listening knows you are there as well. Pro - quick results Con - exposes yourself
What appliance uses sound waves?
SONAR on submarines and shipsUltrasound medical imaging machinesSpeakersHeadphonesMicrophonesHearing aidsDoctor's stethoscope (passive)Megaphone (passive)etc.
Is the cat was injured in a fight active or passive?
the cat was injured in a fight passive or active
English grammar active and passive voice change from active to passive he would have kept the present can you change it into passive?
== == "English grammer active and passive voice change from active to passive .
Is active or passive transport hypertonic?
passive
