Scattering of Sound by a Viscoelastic, Cylindrical Shell.

Abstract

The pressure in the scattered wave resulting from irradiation of an infinitely long, circularly cylindrical, thin, isotropic, viscoelastic shell by a plane, monochromatic sound wave is calculated. The shell is assumed to be freely suspended in an ideal fluid, and to enclose a second, ideal fluid. The motion of the shell is described by means of Lagrange's equations, altered so as to account for viscoelasticity. The result for the scattered wave has the form of that for the elastic case except that an expression involving elastic constants is replaced by an impedance function involving viscoelastic parameters. Some properties of this impedance function are drawn from electrical circuit theory and used in discussing the usefulness of the viscoelastic parameters relative to modifying the scattered wave. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0761618

Entities

People

  • D. H. Hageman
  • V. L. Glass

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Circuits
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Equations
  • Impedance
  • Scattering
  • Sound Waves
  • Viscoelasticity
  • Waves

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Solar Physics