title: Near-field calculations for a rigid spheroid with an arbitrary incident acoustic field.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0656, USA. jbarton@unlserve.unl.edu
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Nicholas L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tarawneh