Physical Optics and Rigid/Soft Approximations to Forward Scattering by Elastic Shells

Abstract

Our numerical results demonstrate that both Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffractions provide good approximations to forward scattering by elastic spherical shells and rigid/soft spheres, for nondimensional frequency values 20<ka<-80, and scattering angles 0 deg < 0 <10 deg. There are only small differences among the Fraunhofer, Fresnel, and rigid/soft predictions for differential scattering cross sections. They arise mainly from the slightly varying degrees of compression (in angular space) of one pattern relative to another. The magnitudes of the maximums predicted by the four methods are in good agreement, but the minimums do not agree. Calculations for 1%, 5%, and 10% spherical steel shells indicate the variation of shell thickness has only a small effect on forward scattering. Signal processing, Classification, Antisubmarine warfare, Underwater acoustics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA275094

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  • Jacob A George

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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  • Air Platforms

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  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Agreements
  • Backscattering
  • Compression
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Diffraction
  • Forward Scattering
  • Frequency
  • Fresnel Integrals
  • Plane Waves
  • Scattering
  • Scattering Cross Sections
  • Signal Processing
  • Thickness

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  • Physics

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