Report on the Reflection of a Sound Pulse Normally Incident in a Liquid Medium Upon a Plane Solid Plate

Abstract

The reflection of plane wave sound pulses normally incident in a liquid medium upon a plane solid non-dissipative plate backed by a medium of negligible elasticity is theoretically analyzed. A general solution of the problem is obtained by resolving the incident pulse into its steady state components and recombining them after reflection for the reflected pulse. Certain special cases, such as the rectangular pulse and the damped sine pulse, are given special considerations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 27, 1943
Accession Number
AD1175454

Entities

People

  • H. L. Saxton
  • Philip L. Smith

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Dermatologic Agents
  • Distortion
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Impedance
  • Liquids
  • Model Basins
  • Phase Shift
  • Plane Waves
  • Reflection
  • Sea Water
  • Steady State
  • Thickness
  • Three Dimensional
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Structural Dynamics.