Near-field calculations for a rigid spheroid with an arbitrary incident acoustic field.
A general spheroidal coordinate separation-of-variables solution is developed for the determination of the acoustic pressure distribution near the surface of a rigid spheroid for a monofrequency incident acoustic field of arbitrary character. Calculations are presented, for both the prolate and oblate geometries, demonstrating the effects of incident field orientation and character (plane-wave, spherical wave, cylindrical wave, and focused beam) on the resultant acoustic pressure distribution.
Barton
John P
JP
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0656, USA. jbarton@unlserve.unl.edu
Wolff
Nicholas L
NL
Zhang
Haifeng
H
Tarawneh
Constantine
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