Diffraction Around Finite Planar Baffles.

Abstract

The diffraction of sound around the edge of a half plane is considered in order to gain some insight into the effect of positioning sonar arrays on or near finite baffles. Some useful approximations are derived and demonstrated for the pressure levels due to a single source at endfire and also directly behind both soft and hard baffles. Comparisons are made with the assumption of an infinite baffle and the usual approximation for dealing with an array on a finite hard baffle is questioned. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA060108

Entities

People

  • D. T. Wilton

Organizations

  • Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment, Portland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arrays
  • Bessel Functions
  • Diffraction
  • Errors
  • Free Field
  • Fresnel Integrals
  • Geometry
  • Integrals
  • Plane Geometry
  • Sonar Arrays
  • Steering
  • Time Dependence
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Phased Array Antenna Design.