THE PROPAGATION OF SOUND PULSES IN STRATIFIED MEDIA

Abstract

A formal solution is given to the problem of propagation of an acoustic pulse in a medium with a free surface, below which the speed of sound is a slowly decreasing, linear function of depth. The pulse originates from a point source at a fixed depth below the surface. The solution applies in part of the region where the front of the pulse is inclined to the free surface, and can therefore be used to calculate the effect of transverse gradient in velocity of sound on the pulse shape. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0265986

Entities

People

  • W. Chester

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Motion
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.