A Comparison of Measured and Calculated Acoustic Reflection Coefficients for a Saturated Kaolin-Water Artificial Sediment.
Abstract
An acoustic energy reflection experiment was conducted in a laboratory tank containing water and an artificial kaolin sediment. The reflection coefficient for the sediment was measured for a limited range of angles of incidence at one frequency and one set of measured sediment mass physical and viscoelastic properties. A mathematical reflection model was derived in terms of the known sediment properties. The measured and the theoretically calculated reflection coefficients are compared. The measured reflection coefficient and a probable angle of intromission showed poor agreement with theoretically predicted values. For the sediment parameters of the relatively soft clay used here, the reflection model is quite sensitive to values of sediment density and sound speed and is only mildly sensitive to values of dynamic rigidity and sound absorption coefficient near the angle of intromission. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0772848
Entities
People
- Robert Morgan Wellborn Jr
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School