Study of Ocean Bottom Interactions with Acoustic Waves by a New Elastic Wave Propagation Algorithm and an Energy Flow Analysis Technique

Abstract

Develop a new method and the code to simulate 3D acoustic/elastic wave propagation and interaction with the ocean water and ocean bottom environment. The method will be applied to numerical simulations and imaging to study the wave/sea-bottom interaction, energy partitioning, scattering mechanism and other problems that are crucial for many ocean bottom-surveying techniques. Our understanding of shallow water acoustic wave propagation and its interaction with sediments can be improved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA630870

Entities

People

  • Ru-shan Wu
  • Xiao-bi Xie

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Cruz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Algorithms
  • California
  • Contrast
  • Elastic Waves
  • Perturbations
  • Seabed
  • Shallow Water
  • Surface Properties
  • Tectonics
  • Universities
  • Water
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves
  • Wide Angles

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation