An experimental technique for measuring the acoustic scattering from bodies over a range of frequencies from approximately 100 kHz to 3 MHz is described. A compact arrangement comprising a large‐area piezoelectric transmitter in conjunction with an acoustic lens allows scattering measurements to be made from the near to the far field in a laboratory water tank. An approximation to plane‐wave or point‐source insonification is achieved by the selection of an appropriate single or compound lens, respectively. Experimental results are compared with predictions for the scattering from a cylinder insonified normal to its axis. Results are also presented for monostatic scattering from a more complex body as a function of aspect angle. The technique has been found to be useful for the validation of computer or other models of scattering and for scale‐model measurements.

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