Sediment Shear Waves: A Comparison of in Situ and Laboratory Measurements

Abstract

The conversion of compressional wave energy to shear wave energy at the sediment-water interface is an important loss mechanism for acoustic transmission in the ocean. Surficial sediment shear wave velocity and attenuation are the required input parameters used by most propagation models to predicted this loss. The lack of in situ measurements makes the prediction of near-surface shear wave velocity both difficult and tenuous.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
AD1114129

Entities

People

  • B. Miaschi
  • E. Muzi
  • L. Troiano
  • M. D. Richardson

Organizations

  • SACLANT ASW Research Centre

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Civil Engineering
  • Divers
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Love Waves
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • New York
  • Physical Properties
  • Seabed
  • Secondary Waves
  • Shear Modulus
  • Sine Waves
  • Soil Dynamics
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Underwater Acoustics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation