title: Modeling explosion generated Scholte waves in sandy sediments with power law dependent shear wave speed.
abstract: Experimental measurements of Scholte waves from underwater explosions collected off the coast of Virginia Beach, VA in shallow water are presented. It is shown here that the dispersion of these explosion-generated Scholte waves traveling in the sandy seabed can be modeled using a power-law dependent shear wave speed profile and an empirical source model that determines the pressure time-series at 1 m from the source as a function of TNT-equivalent charge weight.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1013 Northeast 40th Street, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA soloway@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Alexander G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Soloway
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1013 Northeast 40th Street, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA dahl@apl.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 Northeast 40th Street, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA odom@apl.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Robert I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Odom