Methods of Progressing Waves in Turbulent Media with Applications to Acoustics

Abstract

A method of constructing progressing wave solutions is introduced for treating random linear hyperbolic systems which govern the wave propagation in turbulent media. The method is based on the sample-path asymptotic solution, the diffusion approximation for the characteristic equations, and the Wiener- functional integrals. It is then applied to some problems concerning acoustic waves in turbulent media.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149599

Entities

People

  • Pao-liu Chow

Organizations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Complex Variables
  • Differential Equations
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Integrals
  • Military Research
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Statistics
  • Theorems
  • Wave Functions
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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