title: Underwater sound scattering and absorption by a coated infinite plate with a distributed inhomogeneity.
abstract: This paper concerns itself with the scattering and absorption of underwater incident sound by a coated infinite plate with an attached distributed inhomogeneity. Its objective is to determine if the distributed inhomogeneity can provide additional local reflection, such that it only increases the signal-to-noise ratio for a hydrophone detector placed on the inhomogeneity without significantly decreasing the overall sound absorption of the coated plate.
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Yanni
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D004548:Elasticity; D004867:Equipment Design; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009038:Motion; D011312:Pressure; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D059629:Signal-To-Noise Ratio; D013016:Sound; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013997:Time Factors; D014160:Transducers, Pressure; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014732:Vibration; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water