A Summary on Reflection and Scattering of Acoustic Waves from Model Surfaces,

Abstract

These studies have included both analytical and experimental investigations, with the experimental work being done in a laboratory tank which has provisions for precise control of the parameters of the experiment. Full-scale experiments at sea are expensive and time consuming, and particular aspects of reflection theory are often obscurred by sea or bottom conditions that cannot be controlled. The small-scale experiments in the acoustic tank with model surfaces provide information rapidly and accurately to compare with mathematical models. These mathematical models can then be used to predict the reflection and scattering of sound by the ocean boundaries for full-scale conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 1967
Accession Number
ADA046840

Entities

People

  • G. R. Barnard

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Grazing Angles
  • Hydrophones
  • Integral Equations
  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Amplifiers
  • Scattering
  • Seabed
  • Waves

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Rocket Propulsion.