The Physical Interpretation of Westons Toroidal Wave Functions

Abstract

Weston's toroidal wave functions are shown to be interpretable as the field resulting from familiar spherical sources distributed on a ring. For the case of acoustic sources the physical interpretation is extended to show how particular wave functions are associated with certain motions of a ring.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0649916

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  • C. H. Sherman
  • Kelli R. Williams

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Bessel Functions
  • Bodies
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Hypergeometric Functions
  • Identification
  • Integrals
  • Legendre Functions
  • New York
  • O Rings
  • Potential Theory
  • Radiation
  • Rings
  • Spherical Waves
  • Wave Functions
  • Waves

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  • Physics

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